A former U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona was sentenced this past month to one year of probation and fined $1,000 for lying about being a U.S. citizen. Marco A. De La Garza, 38, spent almost six years as a Border Patrol agent on America’s southern border in Arizona. Officials found out De La Garza is a Mexican citizen during a background check in 2016 and when he applied for a U.S. passport in 2017. As well as being a Border Patrol agent, De La Garza served five years in the U.S. Navy.

Source: we are mitú

I have so many complicated feels about this news story from We Are Mitú. I get a mental image of collaborators during the occupation of France, of slavery in the US, and of many other folks who shut the door behind themselves when they achieve a small measure of security or success. Our game, La Migra, imagined a situation similar to this one. It may be that this person is one of many in his situation. Border Patrol recruits from the regions in which it serves.

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