CBP Postpones Pay Raises for Agents
Texas border leaders unleashed a diatribe at the interim director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday for postponing a planned pay raise for federal agents and failing to beef up protection of the state’s border with Mexico.
“The lack of common sense that went into Commissioner (David) Aguilar’s decision to renege on a promised Spring 2010 pay raise for CBP officers, Border Patrol agents and agriculture specialists is truly disgraceful,” said Efrain Valdez, the mayor of Del Rio and newly elected chairman of the Texas Border Coalition.
Valdez said that in October, the DHS announced ...
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JustAnotherTexan
Only a incompetent employer promises a pay raise and then says I can't find the money. Funny that the government spokesperson doesn't answer the question: Where did the money go?