According to The New York Post on Friday, Border Patrol agent Zachary Apotheker criticized recent changes in his role under the Biden-Harris administration, describing it as evolving into a “migrant concierge service.”
Apotheker, who joined the force in 2020, expressed frustration over the shift from focusing on intercepting drug traffickers and apprehending illegal entrants to assisting migrant entry.
In his interview with the NYP, Apotheker raised concerns about security and vetting, citing that over 8 million migrants have crossed the southern border since January 2021, including members of the Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua.
“I don’t want to bring people into the country. That’s not what I signed up to do,” Apotheker told The Post. “I’m an apolitical person and I just want to do my job and protect this country, When I see people from another country coming here, getting resources beyond what the American citizen can get, that’s where I have to draw the line. And then they’re going out and committing crimes and we’re still not removing them and American citizens are being killed, women are being assaulted.”
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Zachary Apotheker and other Border Patrol sources have expressed concerns to The New York Post about inadequate documentation for unaccompanied migrant children under 14, including missing biometric data, which complicates their safe relocation to families or sponsors in the U.S.
Apotheker highlighted a backlog in the immigration system, pointing out that 291,000 migrant children have been released in the U.S. without court dates, and an additional 32,000 have failed to appear for their scheduled hearings. A stunning report showed that these illegals are allowed to break laws that everyday Americans are going to jail and paying fines for.
The border agent has stated he is willing to risk his career to highlight what he sees as severe mismanagement and potential dangers posed by current border policies.
“However bad you think it is now, it’s only going to be worse,” he warned.