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Immigrant groups sue federal border agencies

Customs and Border Protection faces a bevy of lawsuits from immigrant advocacy groups. They allege Border Patrol agents had an American citizen deported, stopped another only to do a "citizenship checkup" and beat up another so badly she had to go to the hospital.

Tags: CBP , National Immigration Project , Border Patrol , Shawn Moran

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CBP issues tens of thousands of furlough notices

In order to counter funding reductions due to sequestration, Customs and Border Protection has begun sending furlough notices to many of its 60,000 employees. An officer in the union representing CBP agents says these measures amount to a 40 percent reduction in salaries.

Tags: CBP , Shawn Moran , furloughs , overtime , workforce , sequestration , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , pay , management

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Inside the Border Patrol

George McCubbin, head of AFGE's National Border Patrol Council, shares what it's like on the job of a border patrol agent.
August 8, 2012(Encore presentation August 22, 2012)

Tags: Customs and Border Patrol , Federal Times , Your Turn , George McCubbin

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Former Border Patrol union head denies fraud

Tags: Terrence Bonner , CBP , DHS , George McCubbin , AFGE , AFL-CIO

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