The U.S. Border Patrol is asking agents and trainees to disclose if they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, and those who have not may face significant restrictions, according to internal documents shared with the Washington Examiner.

In August unvaccinated trainees were abruptly kicked out of the academy, where enlistees train to become agents, while active agents face uncertainty about their ability to work. At the same time, federal law enforcement at the border is facing one of the greatest illegal immigration crises in the past century and struggling from being short-staffed.

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