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Female Border Patrol agents make up 14 percent of the agency workforce. Over an 11-year period, this has remained fairly static, only showing a one percentage point increase from 2010 to 2021. According to statistics, in terms of salary, female border patrol agents make $2,000 less than the men, and the remote postings away from family, especially their children, are part of the reasons why women choose not to take this on as a career choice. A good majority of illegal aliens are men and many are agents of the violent cartels, thus posing the risk of extreme violence to all agents, but especially the women. This was the case on Saturday when a female Border Patrol agent was assaulted while attempting to detain a man who crossed illegally over the border.

From Fox News:

An illegal immigrant violently assaulted a female border patrol agent while she was making an arrest, U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources say.

The agent, who remains unidentified, was taking a male illegal immigrant into custody on Saturday when he attacked her, injuring her face and arms, the CBP told Fox News Digital. The agent was able to struggle with the culprit until backup arrived, and the man was subdued.

She was obviously a badass to be able to fight him off, and she was fortunate that backup was close enough to contain the situation. Even when you sign up for such a situation, it is still a frightening ordeal.

“On March 4, 2023, at approximately 4:00 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Tucson Sector took a subject into custody near Foudy Road and State Route 92, after investigating the subject’s illegal entry into the U.S. While being placed in a service vehicle, the subject assaulted the agent, injuring the agent’s face and hands. Additional agents responded and took the suspect into custody,” the CBP said in a statement.

“The assaulted agent was transported for medical treatment. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the assault on a federal officer. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is also investigating,” the statement continued.

According to another recent Fox News interview, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Daniels has vowed to prosecute the illegal immigrant if the United States Department of Justice does not take up the case.

With the state of the U.S. DOJ these days, I am sure Sheriff Daniels is not holding his breath. In November 2022, 233,740 illegal aliens were detained along the southern border—the highest number of border crossings ever recorded for this month. Title 42 still hangs in the balance in a DHS system that is inept at keeping the border from being overrun, inundated, or combatting the increasing violence. Despite the dog and pony show President Biden made in visiting a safe and walled area of the southern border, his administration continues to obfuscate, derail, and deny culpability while refusing to take any concrete steps to mitigate the crisis in our midst.