Border Patrol Whistleblower Disciplined

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/389232/border-whistleblowin-wind-ryan-lovelace


OCTOBER 1, 2014 4:00 AM
From the Border, Whistleblowin’ in the Wind

When Ron Zermeno warned of the secret relocation of illegal immigrants, CBP disciplined him.
By Ryan Lovelace

A whistleblowing Border Patrol agent alleges that the Department of Homeland Security ignored health and safety concerns in attempting to transport illegal immigrants to a facility in Murrieta, Calif., the site of a high-profile confrontation between DHS and local citizens this past summer.

In a whistleblower disclosure document obtained by National Review Online, the agent alleges that the federal government knowingly transported illegal immigrants to facilities that were unequipped to process them; disregarded repeated warnings from a Border Patrol agent about the public-health risks posed by the immigrants, many of whom were suffering from infectious diseases; rejected multiple offers of assistance from local officials; and suspended law-enforcement operations at part of America’s southern border while denying a congressman’s repeated requests for information about the government’s plan to process the immigrants and about the startling events unfolding in his district.