Congress is going to add more Border Patrol agents. They may have difficulty doing so. The service is wildly undermanned, even with the added budget. And the personnel crunch is getting worse, as many BP agents are bailing to join the new Air Marshall program. That’s because they can get a substantial pay raise in doing so.<\/p>\n
The Border Patrol pays, based on experience, $25-62K, plus OT.<\/p>\n
The Air Marshalls pay $35-80K, plus OT.<\/p>\n
And sitting in an airplane is a lot less uncomfortable than driving a jeep along the Rio Grande, or sitting in a blind overnight to catch folks sneaking across. Usually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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