Border Patrol agents on horseback cracking whips and charging into crowds of Haitian asylum seekers

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Ryan Devereaux
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Border Patrol agents on horseback cracking whips and charging into crowds of Haitian asylum seekers in Texas, shouting at them to go back to Mexico — strong reporting from @psskow on the situation in Del Rio/Ciudad Acuña

Haitian migrants face tough choices in Del Rio amid crackdown at Texas-Mexico border
For Haitians in Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña, a sense of despair is settling in as U.S. and Mexico authorities cut off path to border and expedite removals.
elpasotimes.com
4:28 PM · Sep 19, 2021

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2021/09/19/haitian-migrants-tough-choices-crackdown-del-rio-texas-border/8411152002/

CIUDAD ACUÑA, MEXICO — A mounted U.S. Border Patrol agent shouted commands in a tense encounter with Haitian migrants wading through the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas.

As the Haitians tried to climb onto the U.S. side of the river Sunday afternoon, the agent shouted: "Let's go! Get out now! Back to Mexico!"

The agent swung his whip menacingly, 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.

One migrant fell as he tried to dodge, others shielded their heads with their hands.

After a few minutes the agents retreated, allowing the migrants to return to the camp, where over 10,000 are waiting for the chance to open an asylum claim in the United States.

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[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Fucking shameful and unsurprising. This country has been shitting on Haiti for decades, and the CBP

has its roots in the KKK and paramilitary groups.

[In_The_Wind]

2. The Haitians deserve better treatment.

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. Yes

This is disgusting

[musclecar6]

3. Just

Modern day Nazi wannabe’s.