Border & Immigration

CBP: Border Patrol Raises Not Tied To Sequestration

By Michel Marizco / Senior Field Correspondent

Published March 4, 2013 at 10:54 AM PST

This story was published more than 11 years ago.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Monday that raises given to 12 of its patrol agents in charge were not associated with the government sequester that will force agents to take 14 unpaid days off a year.

Officials asked not to be named but emailed a statement in response to questions asked last Friday. According to the statement:

"The pay increases for certain positions referred to on the union website are actually part of a long-term initiative, begun by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2008, to ensure that job responsibilities and pay are appropriately aligned."

The statement also said the raises and promotions were planned in 2008.

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Senior Field Correspondent Michel Marizco (Tucson) has reported along the Southwest border for the past decade, most of that in Arizona and Sonora. Before joining the Fronteras Desk, he produced stories in the field for CNN Madrid, the BBC, 60 Minutes Australia, and the CBC. His work now focuses on transnational trafficking syndicates, immigration, federal law enforcement and those weird, wild stories that make the U.S.-Mexico border such an inherently fascinating region. He is a contributing author on Shared Responsibility: U.S.-Mexico Policy Options for Confronting Organized Crime and an occasional writer at High Country News. In his spare time, he works with Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, assisting in the ongoing investigations of journalist killings in Mexico.

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