(NewsNation) — National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd says the growing threats against law enforcement at the U.S. southern border is a “learned behavior.”
“That’s what’s so frustrating to every single one of us … we recognize that they have been taught that if they violate the laws, if they assault us, if they spit at us … they know that they’re not going to be charged, they know that there’s not gonna be a consequence,” Judd said during a Thursday appearance on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.“
The Texas Department of Public Safety told U.S. Customs and Border Protection in a memo obtained by NewsNation that the migrant crisis now carries officer safety concerns after an incident last week in which hundreds of migrants broke through razor wire fence and rushed past National Guard members working to secure the border.
Video of the incident in El Paso showed a group of men pulling down the concertina wire, which allowed a large group of migrants to surge ahead, overwhelming the uniformed soldiers.
“We’ve been seeing it for an awful long time. You know, it just so happened that this incident got caught on video. But that’s not something that’s new to us. It’s something that we’ve been seeing for a long time,” Judd added.
Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott sent the National Guard to the region to keep migrants from reaching the U.S. border, where they could seek asylum. Texas public safety officials wrote in the memo to CBP that law enforcement officers are fearful migrants will become more aggressive in efforts to circumvent the border barriers and enter the U.S.
NewsNation’s Ali Bradley contributed to this report.
