Amid Border Patrol recruitment crisis, one step of the hiring process is wiping out tons of applicants
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Border Patrol has struggled with recruitment for years. But the union says plenty of prospective agents are applying, they just can't pass the mandatory polygraph.
Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
Polygraphs or lie detector tests are generally inadmissible in court cases, and federal law bans most private companies from using them to screen employees. But taking a polygraph has been mandatory for prospective Customs and Border Protection agents for the past decade.
The failure rates are staggering.
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