Border Patrol Agents Head for the Exits As the Biden-Harris Border Crisis Continues

In President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ first four months in office, Americans have already experienced a gas crisis, an inflation crisis, and a growing crisis in the Middle East.

But arguably the most prevalent crisis under the Biden administration’s watch is the influx of migrants coming across our southern border. After months of long work hours, depleted resources, and hundreds of thousands of border apprehensions, some border patrol agents are saying enough is enough.

According to a new report from Reuters, border patrol agents are so frustrated with the Biden administration’s open border policies that some are retiring early while others are buying unofficial coins that say “U.S. Welcome Patrol.”

Reuters: “Discontent in the ranks has already led some agents to consider early retirement, six of them said. Voluntary retirements within border patrol are set to outpace last year if they continue at the current rate, according to agency data.”

The report notes that the border patrol agency is used to swings in political leadership and working within the different policy changes that come with it. But a number of agents said they have never experienced a more dramatic shift in the amount of migrants coming to the border than they have under the Biden administration.

Reuters: “‘We have so many people coming across, and then we’re out there killing ourselves to catch them, rescue them or whatever it is, and then they’re being released,’ said [Rosemarie Pepperdine, a border patrol agent in Arizona who is considering early retirement]. ‘Why even bother?'”

Reuters: “In at least one part of the southern border, some agents have started calling Biden ‘Let ‘Em Go Joe,’ according to a border patrol agent who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the media.”

Whitney Robertson, Deputy Press Secretary at America Rising PAC: “The Biden-Harris administration’s failed leadership and disastrous policies created this crisis. Our brave border patrol agents have been all but abandoned by this administration, and American communities will suffer the consequences.”