Border Patrol Federal Agents Face Allegations of Child Abuse

The troubling report also continues:

“These records document a pattern of intimidation, harassment, physical abuse, refusal of medical services, and improper deportation. These failures have allowed a culture of impunity to flourish within CBP, subjecting immigrant children to conditions that are too often neglectful at best and sadistic at worst.”

Finally, the ACLU report claims that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) breached federal regulations, due to the latter’s failure to notify the FBI of the alleged, aforementioned abuse.

The Response from U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Despite the graphic details of the ACLU’s report, U.S. Customs and Border Protection have come out, affirming their innocence. In the following statement, Dan Hetlage, a CBP spokesperson denied the claims of child abuse and mistreatment:

“The false accusations made by the ACLU against the previous administration are unfounded and baseless.”

Hetlage moreover accused the ACLU of “equating allegations with facts.” He then stated that CBP holds allegations in high regard: