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Trump visits Arizona, where border patrol recruiting is still stalled

Scott Tong Aug 22, 2017
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Trump visits Arizona, where border patrol recruiting is still stalled

Scott Tong Aug 22, 2017
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Today the president is in Phoenix, holding a political rally and visiting a town on the border with Mexico. While this administration has pledged to hire 5,000 more border patrol agents, so far that has not improved longstanding recruitment and retention challenges for the agency.

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