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Jenn Budd
Former Senior Patrol Agent turned immigration rights and Border Patrol accountability activist.
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Jan 17
We are all that little girl in the blue dress, until we aren't.
Efren Lopez Cornejo will be able to sexually assault nine year old girls in blue dresses again thanks to Judge McGinley.
Jan 12
Why Border Patrol Agents won't stop running over people.
I’ve seen too many videos of my fellow agents doing horrible things to be shocked anymore. Yet, the San Diego video disturbed me.
Dec 31, 2024
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 17, 2024
When the Department of Homeland Security supports the insurrection candidate.
This is a discussion that our congressional leaders and press are unwilling to have.
Oct 24, 2024
Border Patrol agents committing crimes.
Border Patrol agents are committing more crimes than the people they arrest
Sep 24, 2024
Beginning to change the Border Patrol, CBP and DHS rape culture.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) currently offers a unique opportunity for those professionals and scholars of sexual crimes.
Aug 5, 2024
Border Patrol Critical Incident Team & the Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez killing: Trained to obstruct justice.
The illegal and secret CIT unit did its job and obstructed justice by contaminating everything it touched, and continues on today under CBP.
May 6, 2024
How a judge & assistant district attorney gave a senior Border Patrol agent back his gun & badge after he pled guilty to domestic violence crimes in Imperial Valley, CA.
This piece is a follow up to "Border Patrol Agent and El Centro Union President Arrested and Charged with Violent Felonies Allowed to...
Nov 12, 2023
Do I Hate Border Patrol Agents?
"I am worried about you," he said. "I believe you are so angry about what happened to you in the Border Patrol when you were raped that...
Sep 5, 2023
To trust the DOJ or not to trust the DOJ.
There is a large part of me that wants to believe, wants to trust that the DOJ (Department of Justice) will do the right thing in regard...
Apr 17, 2023
Rodeo, New Mexico: A town under siege by reckless Border Patrol pursuits.
On March 23, 2023, a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants was spiked by Lordsburg, New Mexico Border Patrol agents according to the...
Apr 14, 2023
Border Patrol Agent Shoots U.S. Citizen Point Blank
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol pursued a vehicle that agents suspected of smuggling undocumented persons. When the pursuit...
Apr 7, 2023
SCOTUS May Put Bad CBP Agents Back in Uniform
To read the various media reports about the U.S. Supreme Court hearing the 5th Circuit Appeals case of U.S. vs Rahimi that recently...
Mar 30, 2023
Sundown McAllen
I love small border towns. There is a unique community of shared cultures and experiences that exists on both sides. My time as an Border...
Oct 25, 2022
Biden Administration's Intended Coverup of the BPCITs
I was 50 years old when I learned that the Alamo was not fought over Texas independence but over slavery. I am a college educated woman,...
Jul 17, 2022
OPR Once Again Covers Up Border Patrol Misconduct in Horse Patrol Investigation
While Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus would like Americans to know that he is dedicated to transparency...
Aug 29, 2021
Dona Taide
Dona Taide and husband Jose at their grandson's memorial. Photo taken by John Kurc. I first saw her in 2019 in Washington D.C. To those...
May 17, 2021
The Ways Border Patrol Hides Its Rape Culture
I wish I could have said I was surprised, but I wasn’t. When ProPublica released their infamous article about Border Patrol’s private...
May 17, 2021
DNA Checks for Law Enforcement
There are certain rights we must willingly give up if we wish to be hired on for certain jobs. It is not uncommon for employers of...
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