U.S. senators seek relaxed screening of border patrol applicants

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Fri Mar 10, 2017 | 2:10pm EST

U.S. senators seek relaxed screening of border patrol applicants

Three Republican senators, hoping to speed the hiring of law enforcement agents on U.S. borders, on Friday introduced legislation waiving lie detector tests for job applicants who already serve in law enforcement or have done military service.

The "Boots on the Border Act" was backed by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, Senator John McCain, a member of that panel, and Senator Jeff Flake, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees immigration policy.

Flake, in a statement, noted that long screening procedures have resulted in 1,768 Border Patrol positions and 1,046 Customs and Border Protection jobs remaining unfilled.

At the same time, the Department of Homeland Security has plans to add more than 5,000 border enforcement agents to the current force.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-polygraphs-idUSKBN16H28U

[FakeNoose]

1. They still have high standards though

Every new hire has to pass the Trump loyalty test.

[Phoenix61]

2. Right...

Because there are no bad police or military members. Not bashing anyone, just saying there's bad apples everywhere.

[Jonny Appleseed]

3. What kind of person applies for a career in ICE anyways?

Why would you want that job unless you just want to rough up brown people exclusively?

[WhiteTara]

4. Expect an influx of skinheads, nazis and plain old haters

of anyone different then themselves.