Assaults against U.S. Border Patrol officers more than doubled in the first six months of fiscal year 2017 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to new statistics released by the Homeland Security agency.
CBP reported 462 assaults against its officers from Sept. 31, 2016 through March 31, 2017 compared to 190 at the same time a year earlier.
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