The politician with Mexican heritage recently introduced the legislation in the Bill Assignation of the Department of National Security 2015, which requires that Customs and Border Patrol agents review the training manuals, courses and practices to report incidents within the agency. The focus of this legislation is to ensure that the Customs and Border Patrol officers respectfully interact with the people that are crossing the international border. In addition, the bill asks that this agency report the results of this initiative to the Committee of the Chamber of Representatives of the United States within 60 days. This bill is currently being revised by the United States Congress.
At the beginning of his pro-border speech, Congressman Cuellar emphasized that the perception that is held regarding the border is not the right one. He commented that even though border cities no longer suffer from the past's high levels of violence, they are still catalogued as dangerous. "The cities neighboring the borders tend to be much safer than those away from them. For example, Laredo had three murders for every 100,000 inhabitants, while Washington had 15.9 murders for every 100,000 inhabitants," he shared.
The common denominator of the people who cross is that they spend their money, eat in our restaurants and legally support our economy, said Cuellar; which is why it is important that these people be treated with the highest level of professionalism and respect.
The CBP needs to analyze its training and visitor treatment. There is not a doubt that their officers do a great job to protect our communities and for that I have enormous respect, he stated, but as a business owner who looks for its customer's well-being, we need to assure that every person that crosses the border is treated with respect.
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