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Jenn Budd
Former Senior Patrol Agent turned immigration rights and Border Patrol accountability activist.
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Accomplishments of a Memoir
"Against the Wall" was also responsible for exposing the illegal and secret Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams used by the agency to hide
Dec 31, 2024


Humane Borders
Contrary to popular belief, agents are not taught in the Border Patrol academy to destroy water and food left on trails for migrants.
Dec 11, 2024


The only walls needed on the border are memorials.
When I was a junior agent in Campo, Californian, we did not a have a border wall. The 32 linear miles of southern border I patrolled from...
Apr 16, 2024


Exercising Resistance Muscles
At times when it feels futile, when I hear that President Biden who promised to bring humanity to the US asylum system chooses instead to...
Mar 6, 2024


Thirty Years of US Immigration Policy: Lazy Man's Genocide
Can Americans sleep at night knowing that we are intentionally doing this to migrant and asylum seeking families?
Feb 13, 2024


Attending a Mass Burial Ceremony in the US
Yes, we have mass burial ceremonies here in the United States. If you are an average American, you likely will find this strange. Most US...
Dec 1, 2023


Photo Essay of Texas Murder Buoys
The following is a photo essay of the July 7, 2023 installment of buoys with saw blades attached to intentionally injure and kill asylum...
Aug 12, 2023


It's Time to End Immigration Deterrence Policies
On June 27, 2022, a group of asylum seekers were discovered locked in a tractor trailer abandoned on the side of a road in the San...
Jul 9, 2022


Title 42 is bad for asylum seekers, for Border Patrol agents and it is bad for our national security
Day after day, the mantra is the same: if Biden lifts the pandemic emergency health policy known as Title 42, thousands of migrants will...
May 20, 2022


Border Patrol Whipping Haitians is Standard Behavior
Is this normal behavior for Border Patrol agents? Are agents issued whips to use on migrants? Did CBP really not know about the Haitian...
Sep 21, 2021
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