• frunch@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Just to illustrate what we have to look forward to now, as though there is any room left in the news cycle:

    Some critics pointed to a similar move to increase recruitment at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, where lower hiring standards resulted in increased reports of sexual misconduct and corruption among Border Patrol recruits.

    “If they start waiving requirements there like they did for Border Patrol, you’re going to have an exponential increase in officers that are shown the door after three years because there’s some issue,” former senior ICE official Jason Houser told The Associated Press last week.

    • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
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      I think worrying about firing them doesn’t even register. I’m assuming, based on where we are headed, that the sex crimes will be part of the training.