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The coronavirus took an immediate toll on U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and in the first months of the outbreak, the agencys memorial pages highlighted the sacrifices of those killed through diligent service to country during a worldwide pandemic.
Dozens more names have been added to the memorial since then, marking the deadliest span in the agencys history. But in recent months, CBP has not called attention to the deadly pathogen that killed them, leaving out any mention of the virus.
Police departments across the country are struggling with vaccine hesitancy, but at CBP, the nations largest law enforcement agency, the politics are especially fraught. With immigration arrests along the Mexican border soaring to the highest levels in decades, Republican lawmakers blame the Biden administrations policies for exposing U.S. agents to greater risk, even as they denounce vaccine mandates that would help protect them.
President Bidens order mandating federal employees to be fully vaccinated next month has generated anger in CBPs ranks, particularly among conservative-leaning U.S. Border Patrol agents and the union that represents them. In recent weeks, leaders at the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) have joined Republican lawmakers who allege the Biden administration is allowing migrants to spread the coronavirus in the United States and placing the CBP workforce at greater risk, while also opposing his vaccination order.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/anger-in-us-customs-and-border-protection-as-biden-administrations-vaccine-mandate-looms/ar-AAPhbdJ
Oh grow the fuck up.
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)We'd be better off without idiots who think whipping people at the border is fun.
Budi
(15,325 posts)"Republican lawmakers blame the Biden administration ..even as they denounce vaccine mandates that would help protect them."
"Republican lawmakers blame the Biden administration policies for exposing U.S. agents to greater risk, even as they denounce vaccine mandates that would help protect them."
WTF..
Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)Don't fucking whine about migrants spreading the disease while you're also...spreading the disease. Fucking clowns.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Enough!
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)If they won't get vaccinated, fire their asses.
The US govt should also do testing and vaccinating of border crossers IMO.
gulliver
(13,142 posts)They have their orders. Get the shots or find another job.