EXCLUSIVE: Surge in Border Patrol suicides spurs Republicans to write $139M mental health plan
New York lawmakers, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and House Homeland Security ranking member John Katko, debuted legislation Thursday that would give Customs and Border Protection $138.6 million over the course of six years to overhaul how it approaches the mental and emotional health services available to its 60,000 employees.
Up until November, 11 employees committed suicide. In a 15-day span in November, at least three additional employees took their lives. "The scenes we experience on a daily basis patrolling the border are unimaginable to most Americans and have become dramatically worse and more frequent over the past two years," said Hector Garza, NBPC vice president, in a statement."The time has come for us to not only tackle the security and humanitarian disaster on our southern border but to also address the mental health of our frontline agents and employees.
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