Assaults on border agents going unpunished: Union official

A Border Patrol union chief said Tuesday that the failure to punish people who assault border agents led to a significant increase in those assaults last year.

“Very few of those who assault our agents are prosecuted for assault of a federal law enforcement officer. When we do that, we send a clear message that our laws aren’t going to be enforced and it incentivizes individuals to try to assault our agents in an effort to get away,” Brandon Judd, national president of the National Border Patrol Council labor union, testified before the House subcommittee on border and maritime security.