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This framed photo of Tomi Lahren hangs in US Border Patrol headquarters
Source: Quartz
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This framed photo of Tomi Lahren hangs in US Border Patrol headquarters
By Zoë Schlanger & Justin Rohrlich July 12, 2019
A large, framed photo of far-right commentator Tomi Lahren posing with US Border Patrol officials hangs prominently on the wall of the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. A person with access to the area described the setting and shared a picture of it with Quartz.
Lahren, a vocal supporter of US president Donald Trump, has called immigrants “shifty and adaptable,” and has claimed they are bringing disease to the US. She regularly pushes alt-right conspiracy theories and believes an “invasion by foreigners” is “overwhelming” the country. She has also lashed out at Black Lives Matter, comparing the social justice movement to the Ku Klux Klan. She now hosts a talk show on the Fox Nation streaming service.
In the photo, Lahren is posing with (from left to right), Benjamine “Carry” Huffman, executive assistant commissioner for enterprise services at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol deputy chief Scott Luck, an unidentified man in a suit, Border Patrol chief Carla Provost, an unidentified member of the Border Patrol’s senior executive staff (in suit), and Richard Hudson, CBP’s acting chief for law enforcement.
The photo is more evidence of widespread anti-immigrant sentiment at Border Patrol, whose members are often the first US law enforcement officers to interact with migrants when they cross the border. That the photo hangs at the agency’s Washington headquarters suggests that the culture exists at the very top of the agency.
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This framed photo of Tomi Lahren hangs in US Border Patrol headquarters
By Zoë Schlanger & Justin Rohrlich July 12, 2019
A large, framed photo of far-right commentator Tomi Lahren posing with US Border Patrol officials hangs prominently on the wall of the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. A person with access to the area described the setting and shared a picture of it with Quartz.
Lahren, a vocal supporter of US president Donald Trump, has called immigrants “shifty and adaptable,” and has claimed they are bringing disease to the US. She regularly pushes alt-right conspiracy theories and believes an “invasion by foreigners” is “overwhelming” the country. She has also lashed out at Black Lives Matter, comparing the social justice movement to the Ku Klux Klan. She now hosts a talk show on the Fox Nation streaming service.
In the photo, Lahren is posing with (from left to right), Benjamine “Carry” Huffman, executive assistant commissioner for enterprise services at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol deputy chief Scott Luck, an unidentified man in a suit, Border Patrol chief Carla Provost, an unidentified member of the Border Patrol’s senior executive staff (in suit), and Richard Hudson, CBP’s acting chief for law enforcement.
The photo is more evidence of widespread anti-immigrant sentiment at Border Patrol, whose members are often the first US law enforcement officers to interact with migrants when they cross the border. That the photo hangs at the agency’s Washington headquarters suggests that the culture exists at the very top of the agency.
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Read more: https://qz.com/1663596/framed-photo-of-tomi-lahren-hangs-in-us-border-patrol-headquarters/
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