Border Patrol agent says job has become 'unrecognizable' in fiery resignation letter

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A Border Patrol agent who resigned this week said the mission of the organization has become "unrecognizable" as federal law enforcement have been turned into "handmaids," according to a leaked copy of a letter sent to the chief.

The agent of more than a decade, Mustafa Joseph, told Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz in an email sent on Monday that he could no longer do the job he signed up to do.

"As the Patrol and the US Government at large slip more and more into the unrecognizable, it’s unclear what I took an oath to defend starting from way back in 1996 as a Navy Corpsman. The Supreme Court, the last line of Constitutional clarity, is in disarray as well," wrote Joseph, an intelligence agent, adding that he submitted his resignation on Sunday.

Joseph did not call out the Biden administration by name but said the "present reality" was changing the nature of the job. Unlawful entries between ports of entry rose during 2020 and hit six digits shortly after Joe Biden took office and hit 200,000 per month over this past summer.

The surge in migrants, including far more from countries beyond Central America than at any time in the Border Patrol's history, has been attributed to Biden's rescinding of deterrence mechanisms that the Trump administration imposed as well as fallout from the coronavirus pandemic that has prompted many to leave their home countries in search of safety and opportunity.

As a result of the influx of people, roughly half of the 19,000 Border Patrol agents have been pulled from the field to process, transport, and care for those in federal custody, many of whom will be released into the United States without first being entered into the U.S. immigration court system. Half a million people were released into the U.S. in fiscal year 2021, which ended in September, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Joseph said he felt that the change in agents' daily duties was a break from the Border Patrol's trademarked motto of "Honor first," a reminder for agents to operate at the highest level of integrity and professionalism.

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"It’s impossible to live by a code and just show up to work for a paycheck — simply the wrong line of work for that. This ought not to be a 'clock in, clock out' affair. More and more Agents will slowly migrate to that way of life as circumstances shape and perhaps crystalize the present reality?" Joseph wrote.

"The undocumented have gone from a fear of infringing the law to brazenly inquiring about what’s taking so long with their right to unconditional assimilation. Have we become 'Handmaids' to their cause? Incomprehensible.... Particularly as the concept of 'law' becomes an increasingly nebulous moving target," Joseph added.

The previous Border Patrol leader, Rodney Scott, said the Biden administration has not treated the federal law enforcement organization properly and that its opposition to agents’ mission poses dangers to the country. Morale among agents nationwide has tanked.

Scott, who involuntarily left his post as chief in August, told the Washington Examiner that month that the Border Patrol’s mandate from Congress has been undermined or frustrated under the Biden administration and the effects it is having on agents and the nation are significant.

Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other administration leaders immediately condemned Border Patrol agents mounted on horses for “whipping” migrants in Del Rio, Texas, in September. Video of the incident shows agents did not use whips on the Haitian migrants, and agents are not issued whips.

Joseph could not be reached for comment. Customs and Border Protection, the parent agency of Border Patrol, did not respond to a request for comment.