No surprise! Another form of voting with your feet!
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Key Details:
- The Border Patrol's 19,000-agent workforce has seen a significant decrease due to a combination of retirements, agents reaching mandatory retirement age, and resignations.
- Early retirements have doubled under the Biden administration, with an average of 529 agents retiring early since 2021, compared to an average of 257 per year between 2014 and 2020.
- Despite the surge in retirements, Customs and Border Protection maintains that its reduction in employee numbers has remained between 4% and 6%.
... While the number of agents who have resigned has remained steady, between 600 and 900 per year, for the last decade, the number of retirements has significantly increased under the Biden administration. Twice as many agents have chosen to retire as soon as they reached the eligible age, compared to the Trump and Obama administrations. ...
Some agents have claimed that the data reflects a decrease in morale within the Border Patrol. "The administration is so bad for morale," an unnamed Border Patrol official told the outlet. "I'm not trying to be political. I'm just speaking facts. It's become so political. Catch and release is demoralizing for agents." ..."
"... More than 4,000 federal agents have left the Border Patrol since October 2020. Twice as many agents have chosen to retire early compared to retirement rates during the Obama and Trump administrations. ..."
Source: The second article by the Washington Examiner
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