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Border Patrol Agents Spiritually Broken by Policy Change Forcing Them to Process All Migrants

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published June 17, 2026 · Danger Close · Danger Close | The Fourth Option Podcast: Peter Santenello
Border Patrol Agents Spiritually Broken by Policy Change Forcing Them to Process All Migrants
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"They have to process them. All our Customs and Border Protection guys are like spiritually broken at this point because they can't do their jobs. A policy change, all of a sudden they were trying to protect our border. Now they have to let anyone in."
Documenting the 2023 border surge, Santenello reported that Customs and Border Protection agents were demoralized by abrupt policy shifts requiring them to process and release migrants into the U.S. interior rather than enforce borders. He filmed agents processing Indian migrants who paid cartels $70,000 per person while quarter-mile away cartels ran sex trafficking and fentanyl freely, with agents describing the situation as preventing them from doing their jobs.
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