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US Officials Look into Report of Sexist, Racist Facebook Site by Border
Agents

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   The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a report that
   current and former U.S. Border Patrol agents are part of a Facebook
   group posting racist, sexist, and violent posts about migrants and
   Hispanic lawmakers.

   The ProPublica investigative site says the posts include sexually
   explicit images and remarks mocking migrant deaths, including the
   highly publicized death of a Salvador man and his 2-year-old daughter
   who drowned in the Rio Grande river.

   The Facebook group is called "I'm 10-15," the Border Patrol's code for
   "Aliens in Custody."

   ProPublica says the agents reacted to the death of a 16-year-old boy
   who died in Border Patrol custody by saying "Oh, well. If he dies, he
   dies."

   They accused Democrats and liberals of possibly faking the photograph
   of the man and his daughter lying face down in the river, saying they
   have never seen "floaters" look so "clean."

   Other alleged remarks included plans to throw burritos at Hispanic
   members of Congress and describing female members in sexist profane
   language.

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