Border Patrol chief condemns 'completely inappropriate' private Facebook group for agents

Carla Provost.
(Image credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost spoke out on Monday against derogatory posts found in a secret Facebook group for current and former agents, calling them "completely inappropriate and contrary to the honor and integrity I see — and expect — from our agents day in and day out."

ProPublica reported earlier in the day about the group, which has about 9,500 members. There were several sexually explicit posts about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on the page, ProPublica said, as well as a chain of comments questioning the authenticity of a photo showing a migrant father and his daughter who drowned last month in the Rio Grande.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.