Although some government employees might feel threatened by President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday, many Border Patrol agents said they are eagerly anticipating his return to the White House.

“We have hope. We can take care of our country and our citizens. Do what we took an oath to do. Bring pride back to our agency,” a senior Border Patrol agent in Texas wrote to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. “We felt like we were forced to turn our backs on our country! No more!!!”

Another senior official employed at the Border Patrol’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., wrote in a text message to the Examiner: “Personally, I’m relieved and hopeful that we will get back to securing the border the way we have always been meant to secure the border. My friends/colleagues are all feeling grateful and are ready to get to work to fix the border.”

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