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White House Condemns Border Patrol Actions Against Haitian Migrants

An El Paso Times story out Sept. 19,  described a U.S Border Patrol Agent mounted on horseback wielding a whip, yelling at Haitians attempting to cross the Rio Grande to get into the U.S. “The agent swung his whip menacingly,” the story says, “charging his horse toward the men in the river who were trying to return to an encampment under the international bridge in Del Rio after buying food and water in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico.” An Al Jazeera report showed another mounted Border Patrol officer shouting expletives at Haitian migrants. On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that she did not think anyone seeing that footage “would think it was acceptable or appropriate.” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said his department would investigate the report. (Reuters)

Read more at: www.elpasotimes.com/story/haitian-migrants-del-rio-texas-border

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