Mayor Karen Bass laments historic Latino Border Patrol recruitment
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass laments the historic number of Latinos joining the Border Patrol.
In an interview with Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” on Friday, Blitzer asked Bass: “But first let me get your reaction to the report we just heard from David Culver. What did you think?”
“In a way, I think it’s sad,” Bass responded. “I think Border Patrol agents are going to have a tough time when they go out into the field and they see what’s actually going on in the real world separate from their training, but I understand their primary motivation is financial. I think it’s just about the financial situation that millions of Americans find themselves in. And I’m certainly concerned about this report.”
Earlier in the program, Culver spoke with new Border Patrol agents and produced a special report on “The Situation Room.”
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass laments the historic number of Latinos joining the Border Patrol. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
At one point, Culver asked Border Patrol officer Juan Peralta: “What do you think about arresting your own kind? And how do you respond when you hear that?”
Peralta responded, “They didn’t come the right way. So they’re not my kind.”
Applications are up 70% from a year ago, according to CBP, and more than half of the agents working at the southern border are Hispanic.
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Applications are up 70% from a year ago, according to CBP, and more than half of the agents working at the southern border are Hispanic. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
in October, Trump administration announced It closed fiscal year 2025 with the U.S. Border Patrol’s lowest apprehensions since 1970; U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported 237,565 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2025, compared to 201,780 in fiscal year 1970.
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In October, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Border Patrol ended fiscal year 2025 with the lowest apprehensions since 1970; U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported 237,565 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2025, compared to 201,780 in fiscal year 1970.
