Report: Border Patrol accused of abusing detainees

[LaurenG]

Almost 13,000 deported immigrants are accusing the U.S. Border Patrol of systematic abuses during their arrest and detention, including lack of food, water and medical support, according to a new report released Wednesday.

But a supervisory Border Patrol agent said the accusations are not true.

No More Deaths, a Tucson-based immigrants rights group that released the report, "A Culture of Cruelty," said stories were so similar and patterns of behavior so repetitive that it led the group to believe abuses were institutionally accepted.

"This tells us this is a systemic issue. It's not just a few rogue agents, not just a few bad apples," said Philip Kennedy, a U.S. representative for No More Deaths. "It's endemic to the system."

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18950234

[ladywnch]

1. not surprising. I worked a program with these guys

and about half of them are Rambo wannabees. They bragged about 'tuning up' people.......swinging their balls like a mace. They made the TSA folks I worked with look like Emily Post and Jesse Jackson!!!

I almost died from testosterone poisoning.