Assaults Against Border Patrol Up 30% Since Last Year
Assaults against U.S. Border Patrol have increased 30% since last year, according to a report from the government watchdog group Judicial Watch. “It may be hard to imagine, but the situation along the Mexican border appears to be worsening,” the report said. “Just months after government figures disclosed unprecedented criminal activity, a distressing escalation in drug smuggling and brazen attacks against federal agents, the U.S. Border Patrol reveals an alarming 30% increase in assaults against officers in the first five months of fiscal year 2022, which started in October. Back in mid-August, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the frontline Homeland