- There are reports that more than 50% of applicants to be U.S. Border Patrol have failed the Department of Homeland Security’s polygraph, despite having passed polygraphs for other jobs.
- The Border Patrol is perpetually short-staffed as President Joe Biden has thrown open the southern border, and some believe the failed polygraphs are part of a sinister plan
- “We are losing out on a lot of applicants because they don’t want the number of border patrol agents,” said Brandon Judd, president of National Border Patrol Council union. “They do not want to ensure that we have enough for patrol agents. Everything that this administration is doing – they are undermining the mission of the Border Patrol.
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More Than Half Of Border Patrol Candidates Fail Polygraphs; Union Says Its Intentional
U.S. Border Patrol agents move through a crowd of migrants that have waited between two border walls for days to apply for asylum, as they decide who to take next to processing Friday, May 12, 2023, in San Diego. Hundreds of migrants remain waiting between the two walls, many for days. The U.S. entered a new immigration enforcement era Friday, ending a three-year-old asylum restriction and enacting a set of strict new rules that the Biden administration hopes will stabilize the U.S.-Mexico border and push migrants to apply for protections where they are, skipping the dangerous journey north. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
