“Kick Ass, Ask Questions Later” : A Border Patrol Whistleblower Speaks Out About Culture of Abuse Against Migrants
▻https://theintercept.com/2018/09/20/border-patrol-agent-immigrant-abuse
The 4-year-old boy and his parents had been lost for days in the desert and were desperately thirsty. Mario, a new Border Patrol officer, had received a call that there were migrants in the area and went out looking for them near the village of Menagers Dam, or Ali Ak Chin, on the Tohono O’odham reservation in Arizona. It was nearly dawn when Mario first spotted the mother in a wash. The family readily gave themselves up, and the woman told Mario that they needed water. “They were pretty (...)