Thread: Border Patrol has thousands of openings it can't fill

I'm totally happy with Troops on the Border. I've always wanted a Wall of Americans. A Wall of American Troops is beyond my wildest dreams to secure our border. Cut 'em loose, let them do their jobs, and I'm sure I'll be delighted with the outcome. This is a very simple exercise. Trump tells Mattis, "General, I want the Southern Border sealed off." General Mattis, says "Yes, sir." That's it. Our troubles and worries about our border are over. Now we don't have to worry about BP's hiring or law enforcement issues. It's a national defense project now.

Originally Posted by Judy

Well, it's clear it's time for McAleenan to find a new job. If he doesn't know how to recruit unemployed Americans to work in Border Patrol, then he's the problem. We need someone in that position who knows what they're doing and he clearly doesn't. Border Patrol is not rocket science, it's patrolling a border and arresting people who have no papers to be on our side of the border. He could find 5,000 good candidates for Border Patrol in Detroit alone. Hire them, train them, relocate them and put these good Americans to work providing a wonderful service to our country.

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This shortage of Border Patrol agents is probably the results of the massive increase in violent attacks on our agents by illegal aliens and their drug smuggling handlers combined with the low morale created by catch and release.

Right now our Border Patrol agents are operating under orders to be the taxpayer funded welcoming committee to illegals insted of defending US borders.

AZ. Illegal alien has worked as a Border Patrol Agent since 2012

Originally Posted by Judy

I'm totally happy with Troops on the Border. I've always wanted a Wall of Americans. A Wall of American Troops is beyond my wildest dreams to secure our border. Cut 'em loose, let them do their jobs, and I'm sure I'll be delighted with the outcome. This is a very simple exercise. Trump tells Mattis, "General, I want the Southern Border sealed off." General Mattis, says "Yes, sir." That's it.

Our troubles and worries about our border are over.

Now we don't have to worry about BP's hiring or law enforcement issues. It's a national defense project now.

Not even close. Obama, Bush and Texas governor's Perry and Abbott have sent National Guard units to the border over the last 13 years and the border, as was then, still remains unsecured. The NG will only be serving in a supportive capacity. They will not be patrolling the border with rifles strapped to their shoulders or in hand. Only the BP will be used to physically enforce our immigration laws. Furthermore, the NG will not be a permanent fixture at the border. We desperately need every BP agent that is authorized and funded.

The National Guard unites sent to the border will be helpful but they won't be a miracle fix. We need to build that damn wall and provide the BP agents and equipment necessary to secure the border.

Rafael Carranza, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 7:48 p.m. MT April 27, 2018

The agency tasked with securing the nation's borders could soon implement a new and improved version of their mandatory polygraph test, which could make it easier to fill hundreds of vacancies along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Kevin McAleenan, the newly confirmed U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, updated House lawmakers this week on a 10-month pilot program that could potentially replace their current polygraph exam.

"It’s showing very good results. It's reduced the time of the exam," McAleenan told members of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. "We’re still identifying those people that haven’t disclosed something in their background that would be disqualifying, because we have very stringent background standards."

Employment at CBP is conditional on passing the polygraph exam. But the system in place now has high failures rates among applicants, and some say the process ends up turning away qualified candidates at a time when the agency is struggling to fill its ranks.

CBP has reported that as many as three in four potential hires who have taken the exam did not pass. That's one of the highest failure rates among federal law enforcement agencies. McAleenan said the new pilot program has seen improvements in this area as well.


"We're not seeing a physiological response in as many cases that creates an inconclusive (result)," he added. "So our pass rates have increased using this protocol."

For years, CBP, which includes the U.S. Border Patrol, has faced critical shortages along the U.S.-Mexico border, where its Office of Field Operations is responsible for staffing ports of entry.

Both CBP agencies are far short of their funded staffing levels. Border Patrol has about 1,800 vacancies, even as the President Donald Trump has called for the hiring of an additional 5,000 agents.

Meanwhile, OFO has about 1,100 unfilled jobs, according to CBP. This year, they're focusing recruitment efforts to boost hiring at Arizona's ports of entry, one of the areas with the most severe shortages along the border.

Arizona hard hit by border staff shortage

Because Arizona has been especially impacted by the shortages, some members of the state’s congressional delegation have actively worked to address the hiring and staffing challenges.

“After years of working with CBP to address unusually high failure rates and challenges administering the polygraph, I am pleased to hear this pilot program yields shorter exam times, higher pass rates and ultimately a more effective test for vetting law enforcement applicants,” said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona.

Flake has championed legislation that would allow certain applicants with military or law-enforcement experience to waive the exam to boost recruitment. But it has yet to get a full vote on the Senate floor.

“While there are still hiring and retention issues that need to be resolved, transitioning to this test would go a long way toward adequately staffing our ports of entry and securing the border," Flake said.

The House already passed a similar bill to Flake’s. It was introduced by Rep. McSally, R-Arizona, who also has worked to address the issue. She called the new pilot program a "step in the right direction."

“The agents and officers of CBP are our most valuable border security resource, but CBP is dangerously understaffed and needs to fill these important positions," McSally, the border-security subcommittee's chairwoman, said. "The polygraph examination should appropriately vet all applicants in a fair and timely matter so CBP has the highest quality applicants.”

McSally also authored a law requiring CBP to partner with the Department of Defense to promote border jobs to outgoing service members.

Efforts so far 'not enough'

"All of that is helping," McAleenan told the House panel. "But it’s not enough."

McAleenan added that hiring and retention of border agents and officers remains his “top mission support priority.”

McAleenan, who was confirmed last month as commissioner, said the CBP is in the process of wrapping up the polygraph pilot program and is looking to replace the current exam as the agency boosts its recruitment efforts nationwide.

Other details about the change remain hazy: CBP doesn't have a timeline, but expects to implement the new process by the summer. Officials also were unable to say precisely how much the passage rates have improved under the pilot program.

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BUILD THE WALL...FILL THAT POSITION AND GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR!

SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ALL ILLEGALS WILL BE PROCESSED AND DEPORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS

STOP WASTING OUR MONEY ON CRIMINAL TRESPASSERS!

NO ASYLUM
NO AMNESTY
NO DETENTION
NO RIGHTS
NO PATH TO STAY!