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Internal investigation launched into border agent Facebook account

By Ellie Bufkin
Published July 15, 2019 8:59pm ET
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Internal investigation launched into border agent Facebook account
Protesters gather at the front of the Clint Border Patrol station to hear U.S. and Texas lawmakers talk about what they thought of the area facilities they toured Monday, July 1, at the Border Patrol station in Clint. | (Briana Sanchez / El Paso Times via AP)

Officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Monday that they have launched an investigation into 62 current employees and eight former employees for their involvement in a Facebook group called “I’m 10-15.”

The online group, named for the Customs and Border Protection code for “aliens in custody,” was meant as a community for border patrol workers to post “funny, serious, and just work related” content.

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