‘We see things people should never see, like rotting human remains, abuse of every kind. Do you know what that does to you over time?’

By Joe Nocera and Michele DeMarco

May 19, 2024

This accumulation of the frustrations these agents describe has led to a mental health crisis in their ranks. In 2022, there were fourteen suicides among the Border Patrol’s 25,000 agents—nearly twice the number of suicides in 2020, and three times that of 2014. That’s more than double the percentage of suicides among all law enforcement agencies. And, according to several studies, agents suffer from poorer mental health than police officers and the general population.

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