U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz got into a tense back and forth with agents in Laredo, Texas, Friday, as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas paid a visit.
In video shared with Fox News by a Border Patrol source, Ortiz confirmed that “morale is at an all-time low.”
“I do think that we’re losing too many agents,” Ortiz said. “As an organization, we gotta start taking care of each other.”
Ortiz acknowledged agents’ frustration, with Mayorkas in the room.
“I don’t know,” Ortiz said. “We’re working on it.”
“And that’s the problem,” the agent said.
Someone in the room then cracked a joke, defusing the tension.
Bill Melugin currently serves as a Los Angeles based correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in May 2021.
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