Elliot Spagat, correspondent, San Diego, for using source reporting and records requests to reveal that job applicants at U.S. Customs and Border Protection fail a required lie detector test at more than twice the rate of similar agencies. The revelation raises doubts about whether President-elect Donald Trump can fulfill his campaign pledge to add 5,000 border agents. http://bit.ly/2jAMe8F
Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego, June 22, 2016.
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