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U.S. Border Patrol Seeking More Black Recruits More than 16,000 border patrol agents monitor the United States' boundaries, making it the largest law enforcement agency in the country. Yet, just one percent of those agents are black. The agency started a campaign to aggressively recruit African Americans.

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U.S. Border Patrol Seeking More Black Recruits

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More than 16,000 border patrol agents monitor the United States' boundaries, making it the largest law enforcement agency in the country.

Yet, just one percent of those agents are black. The agency recently started a campaign to aggressively recruit African Americans.

For more, Farai Chideya speaks with the officer in charge of the minority recruitment team — Assistant Chief Michael E. Douglas. Then, for a political perspective, we hear from Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX).