As we gear up for an exciting year to be a Border Patrol Agent, we want to remind everyone that we will not let our guard down in terms of keeping a watchful eye on those management officials who wish to create a negative working environment for our members. Although there have been some positive changes made recently, we’re still left to deal with many of the same officials who were embedded by an administration that was not interested in true border security. Unfortunately, some of those are career employees who acted as if they were political appointees. They were the architects of failed border policies that they sold to the administration at a time where it would have been honorable to stand up and tell the truth about the border, which is that it was not secure! Maybe then, we wouldn’t have been left to deal with the aftermath of those failed policies, most notably, the catch and release of thousands of illegal immigrants who were issued immigration court dates years away (catch and release); and the opening and staffing of central processing and detention centers (aka babysitting), both of which removed hundreds of agents off of the line. Rather than standing up and declaring that the border was not secure, these managers opted to be administration “yes” men and women and helped cement a submissive culture that cannot stand under the new administration. The truth must be told about the border and due to the National Border Patrol Council’s voice in the new administration, it will be told! Americans deserve true border security and Border Patrol Agents deserve true leadership. We believe both are possible. Stay tuned…