Border patrol agents are threatening to leave the critical federal agency in droves if Vice President Kamala Harris wins in November — with multiple agents telling The Post that they can’t face four more years of being undermined and scapegoated.
If Trump wins, they’ll stay.” On Monday the Border Patrol union, National Border Patrol Council, endorsed former President Donald Trump.
“The morale has never been as low in the Border Patrol, but under the Biden-Harris administration and her current ads, acting like she’s pro-border security is just putting salt on an already gaping wound for the morale of border Border Patrol agents and law enforcement,” former Yuma Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem previously told The Post.
Border Patrol agents stationed at the US-Mexico border saw roughly 56,000 crossings in July; 58,000 in August; and 54,000 in September — down from 250,000 in December 2023.
The Border Patrol has suffered massive turnover and plummeting morale under the Biden-Harris administration, insiders say.
The agent who isn’t close to retirement said he was “absolutely sure” he would leave the Border Patrol if Harris is leading the government.
Both Trump and Harris have pledged to beef up the Border Patrol, with the Republican nominee making the announcement Sunday about increasing force by one-third or 10,000 new agents.
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