{"id":1139255,"date":"2021-12-21T20:04:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139255"},"modified":"2021-12-21T20:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:04:27","slug":"zuckerberg-funded-groups-sue-border-patrol-over-del-rio-whipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zuckerberg-funded-groups-sue-border-patrol-over-del-rio-whipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg-Funded Groups Sue Border Patrol Over Del Rio &#039;Whipping&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzuckerberg-funded-groups-sue-border-patrol-over-del-rio-whipping%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1235368305-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A pro-migration advocacy group is suing the U.S. Border Patrol for supposedly abusing a Haitian migrant who was photographed while trying to dodge a horse-mounted border patrol officer.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/justiceactioncenter.org\/federal-class-action-lawsuit-alleges-racist-and-abusive-treatment-of-haitian-migrants-in-del-rio-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allege<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cphysical abuse, racial discrimination, denial of basic necessities and medical treatment, and a complete failure to process asylum claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A border patrol officer \u201clashed at [one Haitian migrant] with split reins,\u201d according to the&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/justiceactioncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stamped-Complaint-HBA-v-Biden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complaint<\/a>.&nbsp;The complaint does not allege the border patrol officer actually lashed the migrant.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also challenges the legality of the Trump-era Title 42 immigration policy, which&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/09\/30\/appeals-court-preserves-cdc-title-42-migrant-expulsion-protocol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allows<\/a>&nbsp;law enforcement officials to expel migrant family units from the country. Thousands of Haitian migrants have been flown back home by the federal government since August.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is being filed by groups that get funding from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Facebook profits.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/justiceactioncenter.org\/federal-class-action-lawsuit-alleges-racist-and-abusive-treatment-of-haitian-migrants-in-del-rio-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;press release<\/a>&nbsp;from Justice Action Center, Haitian Bridge Alliance\u2019s Nicole Phillips is one of the attorneys on the case.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian Bridge Alliance receives funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/chanzuckerberg.com\/about\/leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are<\/a>&nbsp;co-founders and co-CEOs of CZI. Their initiative \u201cmakes grants to organizations working in support of our missions in Science, Education, and Justice &amp; Opportunity \u2013 as well as giving directed to our local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CZI has awarded approximately $2.9 billion in grants to support institutions. Haitian Bridge Alliance is one of the groups that received funding grants from CZI.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian Bridge Alliance received at least three&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/chanzuckerberg.com\/grants-ventures\/grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grants<\/a>&nbsp;from CZI in 2020, totaling $170,000. First, CZI gave Haitian Bridge a $100,000 grant \u201cfor general operating support.\u201d On top of that, CZI gave the organization $20,000 \u201cfor COVID-19 rapid response funding.\u201d Finally, Zuckerberg\u2019s initiative granted the Alliance $50,000 for \u201cresponsive equity work centering Black migrants and asylum-seekers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This group opposes the administration\u2019s policy of flying more Haitian migrants home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Administration officials adopted that policy after thousands of Haitian migrants pushed across the border river at Del Rio, and after agency officials sent the horse-mounted officers to block further crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit\u2019s controversy stems from photos of border patrol agents on horseback chasing down Haitian migrants that went viral in September. Corporate media and Democrat politicians falsely claimed that the border patrol agents used reins to whip the Haitian migrants. However, this narrative was later disproved, which led to the <em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/09\/27\/new-york-times-issues-correction-after-claiming-border-patrol-used-horse-reins-to-strike-at-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">correcting<\/a>&nbsp;their story.<\/p>\n<p>The photographer who captured the clash between border patrol officials and the Haitian migrants said his photos have \u201creally been misconstrued.\u201d He also&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/09\/27\/new-york-times-issues-correction-after-claiming-border-patrol-used-horse-reins-to-strike-at-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;local news he \u201cdidn\u2019t ever see them (the agents) whip anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the false narrative being debunked, the plaintiffs rely on it in their legal filing. In the&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/justiceactioncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stamped-Complaint-HBA-v-Biden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a>, the plaintiffs allege that a border patrol officer \u201clashed at [one Haitian migrant] with split reins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case is <em>Haitian Bridge Alliance v. Biden<\/em>, No 1:21-cv-03317, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pro-migration advocacy group is suing the U.S. Border Patrol for supposedly abusing a Haitian migrant who was photographed while trying to dodge a horse-mounted border patrol officer. 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