February 26, 2017

Here’s What an “Empowered” Border Agency Looks Like

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These three things all happened in the course of the past month:

Even if I granted that mistakes can happen and maybe that’s all this is, here’s the part I’ve never understood. Whenever we hear stories like these, there’s one thing that’s constant: the border agents act like complete assholes. Why? Even if you think someone is here on the wrong visa or an expired visa or whatnot, why treat them like shit? What does that buy you?

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