CBP Removed Only Two CBP Employees for Facebook Misconduct
Of the 24 removals proposed by the CBP Discipline Review Board, CBP ultimately removed only two employees. Twenty proposed removals were reduced to less severe penalties. Eighteen removals were converted to suspensions without pay, one was reduced to a letter of reprimand, and one was reduced to an "oral admonishment." Two agents retired shortly after the Discipline Review Board proposed their removal. Of the 20 agents who continued in their roles at CBP, 18 proposed removals were mitigated by the CBP deciding official and two others were reduced by arbitrators during the appeals process.
One agent who was removed from CBP, Border Patrol Agent #1, posted offensive images of an alt-right and white supremacist symbol and sexualized images of a Member of Congress. The Discipline Review Board proposed removing Border Patrol Agent #1 from federal service, a decision upheld by the deciding official. The National Border Patrol Council invoked arbitration on behalf of the agent.[19] The final outcome is still pending.

Supervisory Border Patrol Agent #2 was also removed from CBP. The agent had more than 20 years of federal service. The agent posted multiple offensive and abhorrent posts, including a doctored picture of a Member of Congress being violently sexually abused and raped by President Trump, as well as graphics and comments bullying the agent's subordinates. In 2005, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent #2 was suspended for ten days for undisclosed misconduct. In the "I'm 10-15" investigation, the Discipline Review Board proposed removing Supervisory Border Patrol Agent #2 from federal service, a decision upheld by the deciding official. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent #2 appealed to MSPB, which affirmed CBP's decision to remove the agent.
