Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Rudy Lopez was arrested on Monday on charges of harassment. These charges were part of a chronic situation which had previously been reported to the Border Patrol chain of command in the Laredo Sector. Numerous grievances, Unfair Labor Practices, and complaints had been lodged against Lopez only to be swept under […]
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http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/11/09/federal-government-and-federal-employees-under-president-trump/ President Trump? Those two words becoming a reality were considered highly unlikely before yesterday’s election. In a year of political surprises, America’s election of Donald Trump as president despite consistently running behind in many polls is a historic event. As happened in the United Kingdom earlier this year, voters made up their own minds
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The National Border Patrol Council would like to congratulate Mr. Trump on his election as the 45th President of the United States of America. We look forward to working with the Trump transition team to finally give the American people the border security they have been demanding. With the support of President Trump, agents will
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Injured employees throughout the nation have experienced denials of their workers’ compensation claims, denial of essential medical treatments, and lost wages due to denied compensation claims. In many instances, these injured workers were told by their medical providers that the doctor’s office would “take care of everything” for them, only to find themselves with large
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Following a traumatic injury, one of the first concerns for an injured employee and their family is compensation. The Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) has a provision known as Continuation of Pay (COP) which requires that the employing agency must continue the injured employee’s regular pay during any period of work-related disability, up to a maximum of 45 calendar
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The NBPC has an internal email from the United States Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS) showing that extra overtime is being provided to employees to process as many applications for citizenship as possible prior to November 8. The NBPC also has text messages from upper level managers telling us that criminal prosecution cases are being
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Yesterday morning, Breitbart reported that leaked FBI documents “reveal that 7,712 terrorist encounters occurred within the United States in one year and that many of those encounters occurred near the U.S.-Mexico border.” Fox News is also reporting that according to a DHS report, a person attempting to enter the US illegally will have a 51.6%
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For 780 days, Border Patrol agents nationwide have worked to honor one of their fallen brothers, Javier Vega, Jr., who was murdered on August 3, 2014 by two previously deported illegal aliens. Today that vigil ends as the United States Border Patrol declares the murder of Javier Vega, Jr. a line of duty death. Border
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When an injured federal employee files a workers’ compensation claim for hearing loss, it is common to find challenges when submitting information to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). Injured employees experiencing hearing loss often prematurely file the claim before establishing the extent and nature of their hearing loss. OWCP requires extensive testing results to
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