To trust the DOJ or not to trust the DOJ.
There is a large part of me that wants to believe, wants to trust that the DOJ (Department of Justice) will do the right thing in regard...
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Jenn Budd
Former Senior Patrol Agent turned immigration rights and Border Patrol accountability activist.
Jenn Budd
- Aug 12
Photo Essay of Texas Murder Buoys
The following is a photo essay of the July 7, 2023 installment of buoys with saw blades attached to intentionally injure and kill asylum...
Jenn Budd
- Aug 11
US Immigration Policies are Causing Some Migrants to Become Victims of Debt Bondage
Note: This article uses the term “migrants” to include all those coming to our southern border regardless of their reasons. When...
Jenn Budd
- Jun 8
Why Media, Politicians & Border Patrol Got Title 42 End Wrong
Ever since President Biden was sworn into office three years ago, the Border Patrol Union, republicans, right-wing media, legacy media...
Jenn Budd
- Apr 17
Rodeo, New Mexico: A town under siege by reckless Border Patrol pursuits.
On March 23, 2023, a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants was spiked by Lordsburg, New Mexico Border Patrol agents according to the...
Jenn Budd
- Apr 14
Border Patrol Agent Shoots U.S. Citizen Point Blank
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol pursued a vehicle that agents suspected of smuggling undocumented persons. When the pursuit...
Jenn Budd
- Apr 12
How Breitbart Helped Cause a Port Shutdown
Even before Joe Biden won the presidency, anti-immigrant right-wing media group Breitbart was on the Border Patrol beat. They have...
Jenn Budd
- Apr 7
SCOTUS May Put Bad CBP Agents Back in Uniform
To read the various media reports about the U.S. Supreme Court hearing the 5th Circuit Appeals case of U.S. vs Rahimi that recently...
Jenn Budd
- Mar 30
Sundown McAllen
I love small border towns. There is a unique community of shared cultures and experiences that exists on both sides. My time as an Border...
Jenn Budd
- Mar 27
Ay Mariposa
The following poem was written by Jesse G. Herrera for Elsa on March 1, 2022, and is published here with his permission. Did he bite off...
Jenn Budd
- Mar 12
Why I Left Social Media
You may have noticed that I have left social media. My Twitter, Facebook, Instagram...I have walked away from all of them. Last December,...
Jenn Budd
- Dec 15, 2022
Border Patrol Agent Suicides
I guess you could say that I am somewhat of an expert on Border Patrol agent suicides. I have lost many a good friend in the agency to...
Jenn Budd
- Oct 25, 2022
Biden Administration's Intended Coverup of the BPCITs
I was 50 years old when I learned that the Alamo was not fought over Texas independence but over slavery. I am a college educated woman,...
Jenn Budd
- Jul 17, 2022
OPR Once Again Covers Up Border Patrol Misconduct in Horse Patrol Investigation
While Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus would like Americans to know that he is dedicated to transparency...
Jenn Budd
- Jul 9, 2022
It's Time to End Immigration Deterrence Policies
On June 27, 2022, a group of asylum seekers were discovered locked in a tractor trailer abandoned on the side of a road in the San...
Jenn Budd
- Jun 16, 2022
Border Patrol Bragging about Brutality is Part of the Culture
Being sold by Old Patrol HQ , a Facebook group of current and former Border Patrol agents. Recently, media outlets have seized onto the...
Jenn Budd
- Jun 9, 2022
Border Patrol's Gremlin Unit & Constitutional Rights
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided in Egbert v. Boule that Border Patrol agents cannot be held liable for violating...
Jenn Budd
- May 20, 2022
Title 42 is bad for asylum seekers, for Border Patrol agents and it is bad for our national security
Day after day, the mantra is the same: if Biden lifts the pandemic emergency health policy known as Title 42, thousands of migrants will...
Jenn Budd
- Apr 22, 2022
The Border Patrol Union is a National Security Threat
In 2020, former President Donald Trump designated the U.S. Border Patrol and its parent agency, CBP (Customs and Border Protection), as...
Jenn Budd
- Apr 14, 2022
How Dems Can Win on Immigration
Midterms are coming. At the moment, Republicans are trying to make the southern border the main voting issue, and they are succeeding....
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