There is a rottenness at the heart of the Border Patrol | By Jill Filipovic for CNNOpinion
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As progressive members of the House of Representatives traveled to Texas to see immigrant holding facilities for themselves Monday, ProPublica published a news story about a highly offensive Facebook group made up of current and former Border Patrol agents. What they found is deeply distressing: Agents joking about deaths of migrants and calling them"floaters;" a photoshopped image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez having her head shoved down in Donald Trump's crotch; another one doctored to make her appear to be engaging in oral sex with a migrant; and agents suggesting someone throw a burrito at Latina congresswomen visiting a migrant holding facility.
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