CBP West Texas to deactivate Twitter account

EL PASO, Texas

The El Paso region CBP is planning to deactivate its Twitter account after it was used Saturday to promote political and homophobic content. The Twitter account included a homophobic slur in mentioning U.S> Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is gay.

CBP posted a quote saying "U.S. Customs and Border Protection has become aware of unauthorized and inappropriate content that was posted on the @cbpwesttexas Twitter account. CBP will take action to deactivate the account and has referred the matter to the office of professional responsibility to investigate. The tweets do not reflect the values of this administration and our work to rebuild a humane, orderly, and secure secure immigration system."

As of this morning the Twitter account is still active. No word on when the agency will deactivate the account