US CBP fired 4 employees and suspended more than 3 dozen others without pay after a year-long investigation into their involvement in Facebook groups featuring violent, sexist and racist posts against migrants and Latino members of US Congress.
the secret Facebook page mocked the deaths of migrants, “vulnerable people dehumanized by a broken system.”
“The posts shouldn't have just triggered firings but also an investigation into why other members never reported it,” she wrote in the post.Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said in a statement to NBC News, for"far too long, there has been a rancid culture and systemic problems within Customs and Border Protection."
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