{"id":2414995,"date":"2025-03-25T11:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-left-border-patrol-in-a-shambles-union-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:08:22","slug":"biden-left-border-patrol-in-a-shambles-union-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-left-border-patrol-in-a-shambles-union-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden left Border Patrol in a shambles: Union &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-left-border-patrol-in-a-shambles-union-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414995&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID...19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the claims made by the National Border Patrol Council, represented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">executive vice president<\/a> Jon anfinsen, regarding the U.S. Border Patrol&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">current state<\/a> under President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration. Anfinsen argues that Biden&#8217;s policies have led to the &#8220;dismantling&#8221; of the agency, causing staffing shortages and a deteriorating work surroundings. In response, former President Donald Trump is proposing hiring 10,000 new agents and introducing retention bonuses to alleviate these issues. The report highlights alarming statistics, such as over 2,500 agents being eligible for immediate retirement and potential turnover amounting to one-third of the workforce in the coming years. The union emphasizes the mental and physical toll on agents,exacerbated by negative perceptions from the public and government during Biden&#8217;s tenure. Anfinsen worries that without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-terrible-jobs-report-is-the-pressure-we-need-to-pass-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"MSNBC: Terrible Jobs Report Is The \u2018Pressure We Need\u2019 To Pass  Minimum Wage\">substantial support<\/a>, the agency will struggle to maintain adequate staffing and resources.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden left Border Patrol in a shambles: Union<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2074101\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3346496\/nearly-two-thirds-of-migrants-entered-illegally-under-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Joe Biden<\/a> practically dismantled the <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.cbp.gov\/s\/career-paths\/usbp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Border Patrol<\/a> during his four years in office, forcing President Donald Trump to push for sweeping retention and hiring programs to restore the force, according to the union that represents 16,500 agents.<\/p>\n<p>In advance of a House border hearing today, the executive vice president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bpunion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Border Patrol Council<\/a> said that Trump is planning to hire 10,000 agents and offer retention bonuses to bolster the force that is facing a coming wave of possible retirements, depression, and historic levels of suicide after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3334914\/greatest-border-crisis-ever-over-6-weeks-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">four years of being ignored.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3357284\/justice-signals-support-silencers-widening-second-amendment\/\">Justice signals support for &lsquo;silencers,&rsquo; widening Second Amendment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3357075\/liberal-media-scream-all-tds-on-pbs-centrist-calls-trump-extortionist\/\">Liberal Media Scream: All TDS on PBS as centrist calls Trump an &lsquo;extortionist&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3356559\/debt-ceiling-x-date-hits-as-soon-as-mid-july\/\">Debt ceiling &lsquo;X date&rsquo; hits as soon as mid-July<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;While agents were doing their best to hold on during the worst and most tragic days we&rsquo;ve ever experienced as Border Patrol agents, a large chunk of the country, media, Congress, and the Biden administration did everything they could to demonize us,&rdquo; said the union&rsquo;s Jon Anfinsen in an advance copy of his testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Anfinsen was blunt in laying out the condition of the current force as short-handed, poorly equipped, and so physically and mentally whipped that the agency is bracing for massive resignations if Trump&rsquo;s changes aren&rsquo;t backed by congressional appropriators.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Border Patrol is about 19,500 strong. Of those, Anfinsen said more than 2,500 are eligible to retire immediately, and another 4,000 agents will be eligible to retire in the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In total, we are looking at nearly one-third of our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">current workforce potentially leaving<\/a> in the next four years,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Their equipment is also in poor shape, especially the transportation pool. He said that half the vehicles in the Border Patrol are &ldquo;retirement-eligible. Of those vehicles, approximately 1,100, or 7%, are on track to be replaced, but they will take anywhere from nine months to two years to receive. The average time from ordering a new vehicle to its delivery is approximately 403 days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mental health of agents is also a problem, due partly to being blocked from doing their job&nbsp;during the Biden years. He said that suicide is such a problem that the agency has hired a&nbsp;suicidologist.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line, according to Anfinsen: &ldquo;The overall demonization of an entire agency have led to CBP and the U.S. Border Patrol being unable to hire enough agents to account for attrition for several years. And when we do have a year where we happen to have a net gain, it is only by a relative handful of agents because too many incumbent agents have decided they had enough and retired as soon as they were eligible to do so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2074101\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2074101\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden&#8217;s tenure left Border Patrol in disarray, says union<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2414996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/border-patrol-agents-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,33146,3813,4701,32076],"class_list":["post-2414995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-border-patrol","tag-immigration","tag-union","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/border-patrol-agents-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414999,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414995\/revisions\/2414999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}