Posted on Jun 18, 2022
EBay seller says coins depicting Haitian migrant incident at border may be sold again
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A Utah man has found himself in the middle of a controversy this week over a set of challenge coins he sold on eBay featuring a shocking image.
The coins depict the now-infamous, real-life image of a Border Patrol agent chasing down Haitian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border last September.
Unless he hears otherwise from authorities, the seller, Andy Christiansen, told NPR that he still has about 20 coins left and intends on putting them up for sale again.
"It's strictly a business for me," he told NPR over the phone. And it's apparently a popular one at that.
Once the eBay listing of this particular coin made its rounds, Christiansen said, it was "flying off the shelf" at one point. Interest was big enough to inflate the cost of one coin to nearly $500.
Though the coins are emblazoned with "U.S. Border Patrol" and phrases like "You will be returned" and "Reining it in since May 28, 1924" (the date the Border Patrol was established), the agency's leadership maintains it is not an official Customs and Border Protection (CBP) coin.
A Utah man has found himself in the middle of a controversy this week over a set of challenge coins he sold on eBay featuring a shocking image.
The coins depict the now-infamous, real-life image of a Border Patrol agent chasing down Haitian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border last September.
Unless he hears otherwise from authorities, the seller, Andy Christiansen, told NPR that he still has about 20 coins left and intends on putting them up for sale again.
"It's strictly a business for me," he told NPR over the phone. And it's apparently a popular one at that.
Once the eBay listing of this particular coin made its rounds, Christiansen said, it was "flying off the shelf" at one point. Interest was big enough to inflate the cost of one coin to nearly $500.
Though the coins are emblazoned with "U.S. Border Patrol" and phrases like "You will be returned" and "Reining it in since May 28, 1924" (the date the Border Patrol was established), the agency's leadership maintains it is not an official Customs and Border Protection (CBP) coin.
EBay seller says coins depicting Haitian migrant incident at border may be sold again
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..."The incident drew swift condemnation from senior Biden administration officials.
CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility has been investigating the incident, though the results of the investigation have not yet been released.
CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said Thursday that the coins anger him “because the hateful images on them have no place in a professional law enforcement agency.”
“Those who make or share these deeply offensive coins detract and distract from the extraordinarily difficult and often life-saving work Border Patrol agents do every day across the country,” he continued."
..."The incident drew swift condemnation from senior Biden administration officials.
CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility has been investigating the incident, though the results of the investigation have not yet been released.
CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said Thursday that the coins anger him “because the hateful images on them have no place in a professional law enforcement agency.”
“Those who make or share these deeply offensive coins detract and distract from the extraordinarily difficult and often life-saving work Border Patrol agents do every day across the country,” he continued."
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