ProPublica: Border Patrol Agents Created A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids

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The coin declares "KEEP THE CARAVANS COMING" under an image of a parade of migrants crossing the border.

An unofficial commemorative coin has been circulating among Border Patrol agents at the U.S./Mexico border, mocking the task of caring for migrant children and other duties that have fallen to agents as families cross into the U.S.

On the front, the coin declares "KEEP THE CARAVANS COMING" under an image of a massive parade of people carrying a Honduran flag — a caricature of the "caravan" from last fall, which started in Honduras and attracted thousands of people as it moved north. (While the caravan included many women and children, the only visible figures on the coin appear to be adult men.)

It's not clear who created the coin or how widely it's been circulated among border agents. But Border Patrol agents in California and Texas — on opposite ends of the U.S./Mexico border — had seen the coin circulated at their workplaces. One of the agents received a coin in April when a colleague brought several to pass around at the office; the other was shown an online order form for the coins by a colleague at work. Both said the coins were promoted via the secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol officials that, as ProPublica recently detailed, included racist and violent posts.

The coin appears to have been designed, ordered and distributed months into the surge of Central American families at the border. Coins were being distributed to agents by late April, before the current wave of public attention and outrage over conditions for migrants in Border Patrol custody. The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them "scum buckets" and "hoes." Customs and Border Protection officials said they did not know about the coin until contacted by ProPublica. They said they would investigate it for potential trademark violation since the coin includes the Border Patrol's logo.

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[The Struggler]

The fact that people are proud and happy for this shit sickens me to my fucking core, to them its a pun to a joke.

 

[El_TigroX]

who fucking wastes time doing this stuff?

 

[Vish]

who fucking wastes time doing this stuff?

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Racists. This is a form of entertainment, it's like watching an NFL game, exciting!

 

[Slayven]

Cruelty is the point

 

[kadotsu]

They really love their Nazi propaganda imagery

 

[djkimothy]

I hope the next president fires these shitheads that green lit this.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I miss the days when our country was just embarrassing and pathetic. Or rather, when I thought that was all we were. At this point, we're outright cold, heartless, and evil.

 

[Kernel]

I hope the next president fires these shitheads that green lit this.

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Fired?

We need an American version of Nuremberg.

 

[SpitztheGreat]

What more can really be said? The joy they take in being shitheads puts them into a different reality. There is no talking with these people, they have made a choice to enjoy the cruelty.

 

[Deleted member 1248]

Please be civil and stop attacking centrists.

 

[Gwenpoolshark]

Anyone who has one of these is a piece of shit. It's like the secret assassin currency in John Wick but for racist scumbags. If you have one, you're one of them.

 

[metalslimer]

Burn the whole organization to the ground. I can't imagine you possibly being a good person and wanting to actually do this job. At least cops serve some good purposes

 

[Kraid]

DHS needs to be eliminated, period. God damn this is one repulsive country.

 

[free_bubble]

Stupid heartless bullies. These people aren't fit to sweep floors let alone provide the humanitarian services that coin mocks.

 

[Deleted member 2625]

Worth exactly one unit of the new Lib Ownership Economy

After I saw a border agent drink toilet water to own the Libs, I realized their discontent is boundless

 

[Nepenthe]

If only someone had talked to these victims of circumstance in their youth.

 

[TheOMan]

Invite to Oval Office for best memes when?

 

[Link]

Literal Nazis.

 

[Shoeless]

Man, if America really is the moral compass of the world, then the world is doomed.

 

[jeelybeans]

I have no doubt there are "good" border patrol agents. But for someone to especially leave whatever City they live in to go to the border, you'd have to be pretty fucking racist and have a desire "to keep the illegals out". It's no surprise their secret Facebook group has vile comments in it.

 

[UnpopularBlargh]

This is who we have to give more funding to because that's what is stopping these racists from being nice to kids in cages!

 

[jeelybeans]

This is who we have to give more funding to because that's what is stopping these racists from being nice to kids in cages!

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Pelosi and Schumer know these coins won't print themselves...

 

[gutter_trash]

the side with the crowd looks exactly the same as Nigel Farage's

kadotsu beat me to it

 

[Nightwing123]

These people heartless assholes.

 

[meowdi gras]

"It's not clear who created the coin," huh?

If only we knew of someone out there whom is also into ordering commemorative coins to celebrate dubious events?? 🤔

 

[Strangelove_77]

I don't even know why this is a thing.

 

[Thorn]

Same types of people who happily gassed Jews

 

[Orin_linwe]

Yeah, but the next time a guy comes into your local bar and slams one of these puppies next to your Long Island Tea (sus), you're going to feel pretty damn foolish for not having a similarly Pog-like proof of reality.

You'd have to go home, immediately, and guess who is going to finish your Long Island?

That's right. That guy; nestled in that weird little 3-feet hallway that leads into the restroom of most places.

You just bought some enterprising guy 1/3:s worth of a drink. Man, the egg on your face if I could see it.














//"Challenge-coins" is a psychotic phenomenon, and so is whatever the fuck this is.

 

[Strike]

Whole thing needs to be scrubbed or disbanded entirely.

 

[Anti]

I am glad America is not racist.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

who fucking wastes time doing this stuff?

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Nazi scum

Same types of people who happily gassed Jews

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No don't forget the narrative they're just following orders

 

[Messofanego]

Nazis, the lot of them.

 

[m_dorian]

Those people are not suitable for any responsible position. The people that hired them should be terminated of their employment.