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Jenn Budd

@jennbudd.bsky.social

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Author of “Against the Wall.” Former Senior Patrol Agent, Senior Intelligence Agent CAO/SDC/USBP. Telling the truth about the Border Patrol. Auburn grad. WAR EAGLE! Cassandra of Border Patrol. ABOLISH ICE!

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · Apr 24

I’m not kidding you when I say my work exposed Border Patrol’s rape culture, illegal coverup teams, the atrocities of deterrence policies, corruption,…Find out why BP Chief Rodney Scott has stated my writings/work have caused the Border Patrol a lot of problems. Available everywhere online.

AGAINST THE WALL
Jenn Budd
My Journey from
Border Patrol
Agent to Immigrant
Rights Activist
Foreword by Jose Antonio Vargas
Finalist, Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, The Publishing Triangle Honorable Mention, L.A. Book Festival
"courageous and compelling."
-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 1h

Hold my beer feels.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 1h

It is not even a marathon but an ultra-run that must span generations. We need to create community & teach how to do that bc that has been stripped from our society since the 80s. I’m working on a piece/pod on this.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 1h

We need to demand accountability: open.substack.com/pub/jennbudd...

Every governor must charge ICE agents with state crimes.

Governors and mayors must stop protecting ICE agents who are violating state crimes.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 1h

Agree

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2h

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AUFebo/

“They’re brutalising people” Sky's Mark Stone reports from the streets of Washington DC, after Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and ICE steps up immigration raids. #USNews #Immigration #Donald...

TikTok video by Sky News

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#AbolishICE

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 4h

They are playing to one man and his followers.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you. I needed to hear that today.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 4h

My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jennbudd...

OR Ghost if you prefer: borderland-talk.ghost.io/governors-mu...

"Neither are the carotid artery restraints Border Patrol agents lovingly call
"Mexican heart attacks."
The quickness with which this agent goes to this man's throat when his arms are at his sides tells me he likely does this chokehold often."
Jenn Budd
Governors must charge ICE agents with state crimes.
JENNBUDD.SUBSTACK.CoM

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 8h

Approximately 8% of US cocaine comes through the eastern Caribbean (and virtually none of it involves fentanyl). Conversely, about 74% of US cocaine comes up the Pacific coast from Ecuador and Colombia. Trump’s objectives in Venezuela aren’t about drugs.

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs (Gift Article)

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

www.nytimes.com

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 7h

To show what I was responding to.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

Correct, and I said the problem I see is in enforcement of use of force laws at the state and local level. I said every bit of resistance helps.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

open.substack.com/pub/noturtle...

Creating Content in Broadview

Tear gas looks cool as hell on camera

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

These anti-Semitic statements brought to you by the administration taking over universities claiming they are anti-Semitic. 🙄

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

The supreme court decision had nothing to do with whether governors and mayors can enforce their state laws. And I do not care if you like me. Stop putting words in my mouth.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

That is not misinformation. Maybe you do not believe enforcement of use of force violations are necessary at the local level, but I do. I did not say her law was enforceable in Chicago. I said the gov & mayor of chicago can enforce their state laws.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

🇺🇲 Be like Hamoudi Sabri 🇺🇦 @ebjv59.bsky.social · 9h

Listen, you're great, I like you a lot, but this is misinformation. Enforcement is not the issue here.

Immergut was only ruling on Portland, because that's where the case is and that's where the plaintiffs are. She can't rule on Chicago, that is a completely separate case, and Chicago and

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 10h

Everything we have always been. This is border policing. Americans did not care when it was just on the southern border. If you read my book from 3.5 yrs ago, you would know this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you