A Former Senior Border Patrol Agent Warned Us What Was Coming

Jenn Budd used to write for Crooks and Liars about the border atrocities, and so much more.
By Susie Madrak — January 11, 2026

Former Border Patrol officer Jenn Budd used to write some really powerful and perceptive stuff for us, and now that I look back at her work, I wish more people in the media read blogs. If you listen to her interview and read her posts, you will understand a lot more about what's going on. The most important point she makes it that Border Patrol and ICE are the same.

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