Weltschmerz à Gogo2d ago

Customs and Border Patrol chief Michael Banks has been accused by six different current and former CBP agents of sex tourism in Colombia and Thailand. How did they know he did it? Because he couldn't stop bragging about it.

CBP started its own internal investigation, but it was stopped under Kristi Noem (though the article stops short of explicitly accusing her of quashing it).

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-banks-border-patrol/

#CBP #MichaelBanks #KristiNoem #BorderPatrol #ICE #FuckICE

Trump's Border Patrol chief accused of regularly soliciting sex workers abroad

Six current and former Border Patrol agents are coming forward to accuse the agency's chief, Michael Banks, of repeatedly soliciting sex workers while overseas, reported the conservative Washington Examiner on Wednesday."Banks 'bragged' to colleagues while in his previous management role at Border P...

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Incidentally, this is the latest in a frighteningly long thread of "ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts" compiled one by one just over the past few months.

Read at your own discretion. Obviously there's some really unpleasant stuff in here.

https://bsky.app/profile/pacantifa.is/post/3mbutroru3s2f

#SexualAssault #SexPest

Pacific Antifascist Research Collective (@pacantifa.is)

A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.

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@ThatWeltschmerz - Even perverts can become protected ICE agents. Very Creepy indeed.