Tell the Boy Scouts to cut ties with Border Patrol

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Tell the Boy Scouts to cut ties with Border Patrol

The Boy Scouts are enabling deportations at the border. The Boy Scouts of America are aiding in the criminalization of Black and Latinx immigrants at the United States-Mexico border by participating in a program called the Border Patrol Law Enforcement Explorer Program. This program grooms children to become border patrol agents and it must be put to a stop. President Trump’s Border Patrol agents routinely target racial minorities, separate children from their parents at the border, and carry out his racist and xenophobic deportation machine. The Boy Scouts’ choice to participate in such a program is both disturbing and unacceptable.

This kind of behavior from the Boy Scouts is not new. The organization, well-known for promoting trustworthiness and public service, has a history of racism. They refused to desegregate until 1974 -- almost 20 years after school segregation was outlawed, and 10 years after the Civil Rights Act was passed.

The stakes are high: anti-immigration policies are becoming more and more extreme each day, and children continue to be separated from their parents at the border. Still, the Boy Scouts’ choose to participate in a program that actively breaks families apart. Although they claim to “train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance,” their participation in the Border Patrol Law Enforcement Explorer Program directly contradicts those values.

Tell the Boy Scouts of America to reconnect with their own values and end their partnership with the Border Patrol Law Enforcement Explorer Program.

Here is the Petition:

To the Boy Scouts of America:

You are enabling deportations at the United States-Mexico border and you are aiding in the criminalization of Black and Latinx immigrants by allowing your scouts to participate in the Border Patrol Law Enforcement Explorer Program. This program is grooming your scouts to become border patrol agents, which sends the dangerous message to both all of your scouts that it's okay to target minorities and separate children from their parents. Your choice to participate in such a program is horrendous and unacceptable. We ask that you immediately end all Boy Scout participation in the Border Patrol Law Enforcement Explorer Program and permanently cut all ties with Border Patrol.