Republicans Investigating Whether or Not CBP Demoted Top Border Agent For Speaking to Congress
House Republicans have launched a probe into whether or not Customs and Border Protection demoting a top border agent was retaliation for him speaking to Congress about Joe Biden’s failings at the southern border.
El Centro Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino was “reassigned to a vague, indefinite, and temporary headquarters assignment” just hours after he spoke to the House Oversight Committee and House Homeland Security Committee on July 12, according to a report from the New York Post.
Oversight Chairman James Comer and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green sent a letter to Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. Miller about their concerns that “U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials may have retaliated against a witness in a Congressional investigation.”
The letter said that “a credible whistleblower with extensive experience in and knowledge of CBP personnel practices” went to them and said that this type of retaliation is “consistent with a common CBP practice to get rid of employees perceived as problematic by high-level officials by forcing those employees,
