ProPublica uncovers Facebook group for Border Patrol agents filled with derogatory posts targeting migrants, lawmakers

Nonprofit news organization ProPublica published a report Monday uncovering a Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents filled with derogatory posts targeting migrants and lawmakers.

Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15,” referring to the code for aliens in custody, and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country.

The group is described a secret, and it is not immediately clear whether ProPublica was able to verify how many of the members are actually current or former agents.

At least some of the posters were verified to be agents by ProPublica.

In on post, group members reportedly joked about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas.