"Border Patrol are leftover racist white men," says Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "For two years, I was under strict security because of the Border Patrol and because of the way they were treating the children who were in the cages.
36% : The Border Patrol became embroiled in a new controversy on Tuesday when pictures and videos emerged allegedly showing agents on horseback using their leather reins to whips Haitian migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border.
32% : "I'm a victim of the Border Patrol myself," she said.
22% : "The Border Patrol are leftover racist white men who do not like immigrants, and what really made them angry is that these were Black immigrants," Wilson said.
21% : Wilson later discussed her past criticism of the Border Patrol for keeping migrant children in cages and alleged that she required a security detail due to the violent threats that these comments brought upon her.

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