A longtime Border Patrol agent told CNN in an interview released Wednesday that a supervisor in the agency joked about dead migrants.

“He was making fun of them,” said the agent, whose identity CNN concealed. “That, what difference does it make? It's just another life. He made a comment also regarding running over illegals. And I'm like, you cannot run over people.”

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The news comes amid outrage over a recently uncovered Facebook group in which current and former Border Patrol agents posted derogatory and crude comments targeting migrants and lawmakers. The group, founded in 2016, has about 9,500 members and is called “I’m 10-15,” referring to the code for “aliens in custody.”

Group members joked in one post about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. Another post depicted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.), who has slammed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over the conditions in which detained migrants are housed, engaging in oral sex with a detained migrant.

"9,500 CBP officers sharing memes about dead migrants and discussing violence and sexual misconduct towards members of Congress. How on earth can CBP’s culture be trusted to care for refugees humanely?" Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

9,500 CBP officers sharing memes about dead migrants and discussing violence and sexual misconduct towards members of Congress.



How on earth can CBP’s culture be trusted to care for refugees humanely?



PS I have no plans to change my itinerary & will visit the CBP station today. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019

CBP has opened an investigation into the Facebook group, and agency chief Carla Provost condemned the posts as “completely inappropriate.”

“Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable,” she said in a statement.

In addition to the Facebook group, Democrats have become enraged over the conditions in migrant detention facilities this week in light of a report from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General that found "dangerous overcrowding" and "prolonged detention of children and adults" at facilities in the Rio Grande Valley.