Only three Border Patrol agents fired for offensive Facebook posts despite recommendation for more heads

Only three Border Patrol agents have been fired in the six months since a secret Facebook page containing offensive remarks was exposed last summer, less than half the minimum number a U.S. Customs and Border Protection review recommended for termination, the Washington Examiner has learned.

“The egregious ones were absolutely bad and needed to be dealt with,” said a senior official at CBP, which oversees the 21,000 members of Border Patrol. An internal review board at CBP had recommended that at least seven be terminated.