`BorderPatrol_WorkforceComposition_Study

This study examines whether the demographic composition of U.S. Border Patrol operational teams, in combination with organizational climate, supervisory accountability, and local operating conditions, is associated with variation in substantiated misconduct, trafficking interdiction outcomes, enforcement consistency, and substantiated public complaints. The design is a retrospective longitudinal observational study using administrative-style records spanning five simulated operational years. Units of analysis are operational events nested within agents, teams, and stations. The study does not assert that Hispanic or Mexican American identity causes corruption or bias. The central question is whether measurable organizational and compositional factors are associated with enforcement integrity outcomes, and whether those associations are moderated by the institutional environment in which agents work.