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Border officers caught posting racist, sexist content on Facebook face little discipline

Oct 26, 2021 View Original Article
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    -34% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -34% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    19% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "CBP is working to review policies and to underscore the need to respect the dignity of every individual, fight against discrimination, safeguard civil rights and civil liberties, and increase transparency and accountability."
52% : "DHS, including CBP, is participating in an internal review as directed by Secretary Mayorkas to identify and terminate intolerable prejudice, and to reform policies and training," the statement said.
49% : CBP allegedly found that 60 agents engaged in misconduct over Facebook, but they discipline was "significantly" reduced from what was recommended by the agency's Disciple Review Board, according to the report.
38% : The report also alleged that CBP took "minimal action" to strengthen social media training or guidance following reports about agents' misconduct and the launch of the investigation.
37% : "These outcomes were the result of a number of failings at CBP, including an inconsistent disciplinary process, a failure to train on and enforce social media policies, and senior leadership's failure to take appropriate actions despite knowledge of these Facebook groups," the report reads.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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