Border Patrol agents stay ON the job without pay as locals help with free meals and Dems refuse to discuss solutions

As Democrats perpetuate the partial government shutdown over their refusal to negotiate a compromise solution with the White House over immigration reforms and border wall funding, Border Patrol agents working without pay are being assisted by locals from California to Texas with free meals, zero-interest loans, and even yoga classes.

And while there have been cases where Border agents have called in sick, the Washington Examiner reports, for the most part the majority have remained on the job.

“Although I don’t have official agency numbers, it is my understanding that call-outs or sick leave is at or near the same levels as in similar times in years past,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd wrote in an email to the news site on Monday.

“We certainly aren’t experiencing the same level of call-outs as TSA. As far as I’m aware, and again that is without official numbers, we have the same workforce reporting for duty under the shutdown as we regularly do under normal circumstances,” he added.



