Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wrote a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sunday demanding that the federal agency reverse a marijuana policy for CBP recruits.
Lankford asked CBP’s senior official performing the duties of the commissioner, Troy Miller, to “restore the two-year lookback on marijuana usage among Border Patrol recruits,” according to a letter obtained by Fox News. The policy currently has a 90-day lookback at marijuana use for recruits and prohibits applicants who have used drugs within that time frame.
The Republican senator claimed in the letter that the policy change “undermines the security and integrity of the Border Patrol workforce and flatly contradicts Border Patrol’s mission to protect our nation against illegal drugs.” The policy change happened within the last few months, according to Lankford’s letter.
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