Rep. Mark Green: Retirements of 9/11 Hires ‘Could Cripple Border Security’

Rep. Mark Green: Retirements of 9/11 Hires 'Could Cripple Border Security'

Rep. Mark Green: Retirements of 9/11 Hires ‘Could Cripple Border Security’

U.S. Customs and Border Protection could face a staffing shortage in the near future due to the expected retirements of workers who joined the agency just after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

CBP employees are eligible for retirement after 25 years of service, with retirement being mandatory at age 57. This means that workers who signed up for the agency following 9/11 will begin to hit retirement age before President Donald Trump leaves office.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., told the Washington Examiner in a statement that this situation “could cripple our border security mission” due to low staffing.

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