{"id":666263,"date":"2021-08-20T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=666263"},"modified":"2021-08-20T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:22:28","slug":"report-border-patrol-floating-idea-of-sending-agents-to-afghanistan-to-help-process-afghan-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-border-patrol-floating-idea-of-sending-agents-to-afghanistan-to-help-process-afghan-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Border Patrol floating idea of sending agents to Afghanistan to help process Afghan refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Freport-border-patrol-floating-idea-of-sending-agents-to-afghanistan-to-help-process-afghan-refugees%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=666263&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--><div id=\"attachment_2496878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2496878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Border Patrol patch on a border agent\u2019s uniform in McAllen, Texas, on January 15, 2019. (SUZANNE CORDEIRO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:12 PM PT \u2013 Friday, August 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Border Patrol has reportedly asked some of its agents if they would be willing to go to Afghanistan and neighboring countries in order to help with the situation there. Though formal requests have not yet been made, several agents this week said they were asked about volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>The agents would reportedly stay overseas up to 90 days to help process Afghans seeking refuge in the U.S. Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials didn\u2019t go into detail, but said they were putting together a list of agents with experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCBP did solicit for a small number of volunteers from U.S. Border Patrol who have a background in vetting and processing to assist CBP officers overseas,\u201d said a CBP spokesperson. \u201cThe assistance of Border Patrol agents overseas will not affect the CBP mission on the southwest border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relocation of agents comes amid an escalating border crisis on the southern border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Border Patrol is responsible for patrolling the 6,000 miles of international land border with Mexico and Canada &amp; 2,000 miles of coastal borders.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about CBP&#8217;s work along U.S. borders: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3fRf83b1Vw\">https:\/\/t.co\/3fRf83b1Vw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNK1k7MdHH\">pic.twitter.com\/DNK1k7MdHH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBP (@CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBP\/status\/1427297373462618112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dallas-fed-president-says-hes-monitoring-how-spread-of-delta-variant-may-impact-economic-recovery\/\">Dallas Fed President Says He\u2019s Monitoring How Spread Of Delta Variant May Impact Economic Recovery<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Border Patrol patch on a border agent\u2019s uniform in McAllen, Texas, on January 15, 2019. 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