{"id":2322,"date":"2016-04-12T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnhr.org\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:34:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:34:45","slug":"border-network-rejects-donald-trump-support-by-the-national-border-patrol-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/border-network-rejects-donald-trump-support-by-the-national-border-patrol-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Network rejects Donald Trump support by the National Border Patrol Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2016\/04\/11\/el-paso-nm-border-agents-fight-trump-endorsement\/82895344\/<\/p>\n

Members of the\u00a0U.S. Border Patrol union in El Paso on Tuesday will ask their union local\u00a0to\u00a0disavow\u00a0the National Border Patrol Council’s endorsement of presidential candidate Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

More than 20 elected officials, education\u00a0groups\u00a0and community leaders in El Paso and southern New Mexico are supporting\u00a0the move by some members of\u00a0Local 1929\u00a0to reject<\/a> the union’s national endorsement of Trump\u00a0<\/a>and take a neutral stance in the presidential election. The issue will be raised at Local 1929’s regularly scheduled membership meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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EL PASO TIMES<\/p>\n

Editorial: Courageous stand by border agents<\/p>\n

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Organizers of the effort declined to comment, but the El Paso Times obtained several letters from El Paso and New Mexico community leaders that were gathered in support of the move to have\u00a0Local 1929 distance<\/a> itself from\u00a0the Trump endorsement. The local represents about\u00a01,700 agents \u2013\u00a0about 10 percent<\/a> of the union’s total membership \u2013\u00a0in the Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, which covers far West Texas and all of New Mexico.<\/p>\n

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