The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Public Affairs Office told The Daily Caller News Foundation that about 51 percent of Border Patrol agents were Hispanic or Latino at the end of fiscal year 2016. About 50 percent of all Border Patrol staff, not just agents, were Hispanic or Latino.
The percentage of Hispanic agents was about the same nearly a decade ago. The
Houston Chronicle reported in 2008 that 52 percent of Border Patrol agents were Hispanic.
The Border Patrol has a much higher percentage of Hispanic and Latino agents than the general population. The U.S.
Census Bureau estimated that about 18 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino in 2017.