Advocates slam bill watering down hiring standards: 'CBP needs more, not less, accountability'

More than 50 groups, including African American Ministers in Action, Church World Service, the National Council of La Raza, the National Immigration Law Center, and United Farm Workers penned a letter urging House members to vote against dangerous legislation this week that would ramp up Donald Trump’s deportation force by watering down hiring standards for thousands of new Customs and Border Protection agents, a federal department called “the most corrupt law enforcement agency in the federal government.” As immigrant rights group America’s Voice notes, “CBP needs more, not less, accountability. The evidence for this conclusion comes from CBP itself”:...
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