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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,009 posts)
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 02:51 AM Aug 2025

That Border Patrol agent who made migrants show their breasts (2023) sentenced to a yr in fed prison

I remember this case from 2 years ago. Glad to see outcome includes prison
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Court records also say Millan used his government computer to look for phrases in Spanish that he could use for his actions, some of which include:
• “I will also need you to lift your bra, please”
• “Your file says you have tattoos across your chest”
• “To verify, I will need you to lift your shirt, please”
• “I will indeed you to lift your shirt and bra also, please”
• “Can you lift it higher please”
Border Patrol agent pleads guilty to telling women to show their breasts to enter US

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/10/border-patrol-agent-women-expose-breasts/82232289007/



Shane Millan, 54, who pleaded guilty in March to two misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, had been working at a Border Patrol station at Wellesley Island in Jefferson County and was using the computer to get information from the immigrants during interviews over a webcam. He had been a border patrol agent for 17 years at the time.

According to federal court records, Millan was tasked with gathering the migrants' biographical and other information and saving the data electronically so that they could remain in the United States pending further immigration proceedings. Although the immigrants had crossed the southern border, Millan was doing the work through a computer from upstate New York at a time when record numbers of migrants were entering the U.S. and the federal agency was overwhelmed.
According to prosecutors, Millan “repeatedly abused his authority by requiring female immigrants to expose their breasts during these video-conference sessions, ostensibly so that he could confirm whether they had any chest tattoos.”

Millan did not speak Spanish but used a translation app to learn phrases such as, “I will also need you to lift your bra, please,” and “I will need to verify once more, can you stand in front of the monitor and lift your shirt and bra again, please,” according to court records.
One of the women, who was carrying an infant, resisted when Millan told her to lift her shirt a second time. Court records indicate he told her that he would not sign her paperwork unless she showed him her bare chest again. She reluctantly placed her child on the floor and lifted her shirt.
Ex-Border Patrol agent gets prison for making migrants show breasts

https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/border-patrol-agent-gets-prison-making-migrants-21018000.php
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That Border Patrol agent who made migrants show their breasts (2023) sentenced to a yr in fed prison (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2025 OP
Good!..Glad to hear it. n/t whathehell Aug 2025 #1
Presidential pardon coming in 3, 2, 1... BadgerMom Aug 2025 #2
Exactly what I thought Bettie Aug 2025 #5
A pervert and an abuser newdeal2 Aug 2025 #10
Not long enough! 2naSalit Aug 2025 #3
Yes! wolfie001 Aug 2025 #4
And now, they can grab Bettie Aug 2025 #6
I hope that one day in the future these masked nazi pigs will be held to account wolfie001 Aug 2025 #7
Me too Bettie Aug 2025 #8
K&R question everything Aug 2025 #9

BadgerMom

(3,437 posts)
2. Presidential pardon coming in 3, 2, 1...
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 04:57 AM
Aug 2025

I sincerely hope not, but pardoning this person and essentially sanctioning the behavior is right up you-know-who’s alley.

Bettie

(19,880 posts)
5. Exactly what I thought
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 07:27 AM
Aug 2025

when I read this.

Probably get a cabinet position too, after all, he's their kind of guy.

newdeal2

(5,614 posts)
10. A pervert and an abuser
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:50 PM
Aug 2025

He checks all of Trump's boxes. He'll probably be his personal body guard.

wolfie001

(7,970 posts)
4. Yes!
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 06:00 AM
Aug 2025

Him getting caught probably only scratched the surface of a multitude of misdeeds. Pig.

Bettie

(19,880 posts)
6. And now, they can grab
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 07:42 AM
Aug 2025

random women off the street for any reason and since they are masked and anonymous, who knows where those women end up.

wolfie001

(7,970 posts)
7. I hope that one day in the future these masked nazi pigs will be held to account
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:13 AM
Aug 2025

We'll need 3 extra SC justices to do that though.

Bettie

(19,880 posts)
8. Me too
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:16 AM
Aug 2025

because they sure aren't being held accountable at this point. They literally can do whatever they want to.

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