Border Patrol Agents Did Not Whip Del Rio Migrants, Report Finds
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Several mounted agents behaved inappropriately during a surge of Haitian asylum seekers, but Customs and Border Protection determined no agents struck migrants with their reins.
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Border Patrol agents on horseback never whipped any Haitian migrants, according to a memo from Customs and Border Protection commissioner Chris Magnus.
A report from Customs and Border Protection blames Texas officials for feeding the conflict by wrongly enlisting Border Patrol agents to push migrants back into Mexico.
Disciplinary proposals from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been sent out regarding agents under investigation for "whipping" Haitian migrants at the southern border.
Border Patrol agents didn’t whip or strike Haitian migrants last year, a lengthy internal affairs investigation concluded Friday, but it did find that some agents used excessive force by positioning their horses in the Rio Grande to try to keep the migrants from reaching the U.S.
Several mounted agents behaved inappropriately during a surge of Haitian asylum seekers, but Customs and Border Protection determined no agents struck migrants with their reins.
Customs and Border Protection announced the findings of a report into the incident involving Border Patrol and migrants in Del Rio, finding no evidence of whipping.
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