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Quitting the Border Patrol (with Josh Childress)
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Apr 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Joshua Childress joins us today to explain why his growing dissatisfaction of his Customs Border Patrol work led him to resign. He thought he was joining a line of work that was deterring violent actors from entering the United States, but he quickly realized that the people he encountered on the border on a daily basis were not threatening and weren’t fitting the narrative he had been told.What is it like to be a Customs Border Patrol (CBP) agent? How do you train and prepare to become a CBP agent? Who do CBP agents stop at the southern border of the United States? Do migrants understand their constitutional rights? When do CBP agents separate children from their families?Further Reading:Why I Quit the Border Patrol, written by Joshua ChildressThis Border Patrol Agent Resigned After Changing His Mind About Immigration, ReasonTVRelated Content:You Are Now Free to Move About the Planet, Free Thoughts PodcastTrump’s Immigration Crackdown, Free Thoughts PodcastThe Libertarian Argument for Open Borders, written by Grant Babcock See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Apr 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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