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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMayorkas says he was 'horrified' by images of horse-mounted Border Patrol agents confronting Haitian
migrantsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that he was horrified by images of horse-mounted Border Patrol agents attempting to grab Haitian migrants and use their animals to push them back toward Mexico and promised a swift investigation.
I was horrified by what I saw, Mayorkas said during an appearance on CNN. I am going to let the investigation run its course, but the pictures that I observed troubled me profoundly.
Mayorkas was responding to scenes captured by news cameras and photographers Sunday in Del Rio, Tex., along the Rio Grande. In one instance, an agent is heard on video shouting an obscenity as a child jumps out of a horses path.
One cannot weaponize a horse to aggressively attack a child, Mayorkas said. That is unacceptable. That is not what our policies and our training require. Let me be quite clear: That is not acceptable.
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He said the department will act with full force based on the facts that we learn.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayorkas-says-he-was-horrified-by-images-of-horse-mounted-border-patrol-agents-confronting-haitian-migrants/ar-AAOFnZU
U.S. to probe incidents involving border agents dispersing Haitians
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday pledged to "swiftly" conduct an investigation into what it called "extremely troubling" footage of Border Patrol agents on horseback aggressively dispersing Haitian migrants, saying the internal probe could lead to disciplinary actions.
"The Department of Homeland Security does not tolerate the abuse of migrants in our custody and we take these allegations very seriously," a department spokesperson said. "U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating the matter and has alerted the DHS Office of Inspector General."
Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also directed department personnel to deploy to Del Rio, Texas to ensure that border officials there carry out their duties "consistent with applicable policies and training and the Department's values."
Over the weekend, news outlets captured photos and videos depicting mounted Border Patrol officials herding and chasing migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande near Del Rio, a small border community in southwestern Texas.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-to-probe-incidents-involving-border-agents-dispersing-haitians/ar-AAOElBs
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)All that is necessary is to learn the names of the agents in the video, and their supervisor, then at minimum place them on administrative leave without pay, and begin whatever paperwork is necessary to discharge them from the force.
There is literally nothing to investigate....
Triloon
(506 posts)the mounted officers did nothing wrong. If people think they can outrun a horse how is that the riders fault?
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)Or we may have a problem here....
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,150 posts)I can tell them exactly how it happened. People working for a white supremacist agency enforcing a white supremacist policy of a nation built on white supremacy. The end.
Me.
(35,454 posts)didn't they see the whips? Or is that what they means when they say aggressively?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayorkas-says-he-was-horrified-by-images-of-horse-mounted-border-patrol-agents-confronting-haitian-migrants/ar-AAOFnZU
Me.
(35,454 posts)White House condemns border guard use of whip-like cord against Haitian migrants
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday criticized the use of horse reins to threaten Haitian migrants after images circulated of a U.S. border guard on horseback charging at migrants near a riverside camp in Texas.
But then theres this
Reuters witnesses saw mounted officers wearing cowboy hats blocking the paths of migrants, and one officer unfurling a cord resembling a lariat, which he swung near a migrant's face.
A video showing a border guard apparently threatening migrants with the cords was shared on social media.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-homeland-security-chief-heads-border-removal-migrant-camp-accelerates-2021-09-20/
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)It would be more telling if we saw a video of the action not just photos. However it seems they were using their horses to run down people which is just as disturbing.
Triloon
(506 posts)No whipping. Twirling the rein ends makes a whistling sound that is intimidating. Is making intimidating sounds abuse? Cruelty? Inhumane?
Would you have been less disturbed to see the officers chasing them down on foot? Why?
No one was injured. No whipping, no trampling, no beatings, no clubbing, no gassing or shooting.
I'm starting to think it's just the cowboy hats that have people so worked up.
Me.
(35,454 posts)where the long leather rein is clearly intimidating the man. And herding people with horses is not acceptable policy. They are not runaway wild horses. Further, I prefer Reuters as a source over Murdoch's NY Post.
Triloon
(506 posts)Good heavens, call The Hague. Further, your bias on news sources (and I share it) doesn't change the content of the video. There was no whipping, no abuse, no brutality, and no apparent injuries. Maybe it would have been gentler and kinder to have the officers chasing them around on foot? They were a little outnumbered, and that's why mounted crowd control has been an acceptable policy for centuries. Tell me more about nonsense.
Me.
(35,454 posts)and my goodness I have a news bias, dearie me, alert the Fox media.