CBP found 60 cases of misconduct in Border Patrol agents' Facebook postings. Just two were fired
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A Customs and Border Patrol agent posted on Facebook about an infamous 2019 image of a father and son whose bodies washed up on the U.S.-Mexico border. In the post, he called them "floaters."
He was allowed to retire with disability, a new report released Monday by the House Oversight and Reform Committee found.
This was one of 60 cases cited in a sweeping investigation by the Democratic-controlled committee of Customs and Border Protection agents who committed "serious misconduct" by sharing explicit and violent messages such as these on secret Facebook pages. Only two were ultimately fired.
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