What Next - The Border Patrol's Secretive Culture
A secret Facebook group exposed racist, sexist officers in the Border Patrol. Will it help bring transparency to an otherwise opaque agency?
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Show Notes
“I’m 10-15.” That’s the border patrol code for “alien in custody.” It's also the name of a secret Facebook group where a number of Customs and Border Protection agents posted racist and sexist memes. What about this agency allows such rampant misconduct?
Guest: A.C. Thompson, reporter at ProPublica. Read his story on the secret Border Patrol Facebook group.
Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks.
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