We are now getting a bit more context behind a very heated meeting that Secretary Mayorkas had with border agents earlier this year.
Video was leaked right after the meeting took place, but DHS tried to spin what was a clear conflict with agents.
The emails confirm what we thought all along, and once again prove that Mayorkas has lost these agents and is destroying morale.
Rough Day
The emails were obtained via an FOIA request by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.
They are communications with Marsha Espinosa, assistant secretary of DHS public affairs.
In one email, she describes what happened that day, stating, “Morning muster in Yuma was ROUGH.
“One agent in the front town [sic] had his back turned to [Mayorkas] the entire time only to ask a question and then turned back.”
She continued, “Agent sentiment (the ones that spoke up) is that policies aren’t working, don’t like masks or vaxx mandate.
“[Ortiz] stepped up to provide support and asked to intro [Mayorkas] next time to better set up.”
What Ortiz actually did was berate the officers and more or less tell them to shut up and do their jobs…
DHS tried to spin this again, saying that moment from the video “shows the tremendous respect the DHS staff have for the dedicated workforce at CBP, that the Secretary invited candor and a frank discussion with Border Patrol Agents, and that he listened to them.
“That was the point of the trip, to meet and hear directly from the workforce.
“The Secretary has gone to the border over a dozen times and based on feedback from the workforce has taken steps such as deploying hundreds of Border Patrol Processing Coordinators to get more Agents back on the line, and supported a greater emphasis on prosecutions of those who assault Agents.”
If that is their interpretation of respect, I would hate to see how they define disrespect!
Source: Fox News
