{"id":798331,"date":"2021-09-21T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=798331"},"modified":"2021-09-21T11:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:58:49","slug":"democrats-media-accuse-border-patrol-of-whipping-haitian-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-media-accuse-border-patrol-of-whipping-haitian-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats, Media Accuse Border Patrol Of \u2018Whipping\u2019 Haitian Migrants"},"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%2Fdemocrats-media-accuse-border-patrol-of-whipping-haitian-migrants%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=798331&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><\/div>\n<p>Several politicians and media personalities claimed Monday that Border Patrol agents were whipping Haitian migrants at the southern border after video and pictures emerged of agents riding horseback with reins.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host Joy Reid alleged Monday that Border Patrol agents were using \u201cwhips\u201d from the \u201cslave era\u201d to herd migrants at the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know funding for the government begins in the house,\u201d Reid said while speaking with Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. \u201cShould we be looking at the budget of Department of Homeland Security? Because I was not aware that whips which come from the slave era, slavery era, were part of the package that we issue to any sort of law enforcement or government sanction personnel. Were you aware that was being issued to people, that people had that kind of equipment on them that they could use on humans?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<p>Omar responded that she was \u201cquite appalled\u201d and alleged that \u201csystematic racism\u201d was at play. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/17\/del-rio-texas-mayor-lozano-migrant-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Worse Case Scenario\u2019: Democratic Texas Mayor Urges Biden To Take \u2018Quick Action\u2019 On Border Crisis)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that we are dealing with mainly black migrants and black immigrants and asylum seekers at our border in this kind of way really speaks to the kind of racism, systematic racism that is embedded in that department and all of the departments that deal with our immigration policy,\u201d Omar added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnholman100\/status\/1439948289680363527?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video<\/a> and pictures posted to social media appeared to show Border Patrol <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SawyerHackett\/status\/1439989195871825921?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agents herding<\/a> their own horses and Haitian migrants who were trying to enter the U.S. near the Del Rio, Texas, area of the border. The agents were on horseback and were carrying what Reid claimed were \u201cwhips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=978256902751732&amp;ref=watch_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deny<\/a> the use of whips Monday, telling a reporter who questioned the alleged \u201cwhipping\u201d of the migrants that they were \u201cassuming facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are assuming facts, if I may say respectfully, you are assuming facts that have not yet been determined. Chief Ortiz is an experienced Border Patrol agent who\u2019s ridden horses and trained others to ride horses can provide great detail on the specifics,\u201d Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS secretary also explained that he was \u201chorrified\u201d to see the images, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/mayorkas-border-patrol-haitians\/2021\/09\/21\/fd1fd09e-1ad4-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/20\/border-patrol-horseback-herd-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> horse patrol units were deployed as more than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants camp out under the Del Rio International Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I asked our horse patrol units to do yesterday is to do an assessment and find out if we had any individuals in distress and to be able to provide information and intelligence as to what the smuggling organizations were doing in and around the river,\u201d Ortiz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs was witnessed in the videos [and] some of the pictures, the migrants were going back and forth,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe do not know who are the smugglers or who are the migrants, so it\u2019s important that those Border Patrol agents maintain a level of security for both themselves and for the migrant population as they were trafficking back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz also noted the agency would look into alleged misconduct but added agents are careful not to hurt migrants.<\/p>\n<p>A border patrol agent told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/joy-reid-border-patrol-whip-narrative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a> the alleged \u201cwhips\u201d were actually just horse reins. \u201cWe do not carry whips and the only thing I see in their hands is reins,\u201d the agent reportedly said. \u201cThere is no way a horse patrol unit would be whipping aliens. Whips are not issued or authorized for use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd told the <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2021\/09\/20\/border-patrol-source-denies-agents-on-horseback-were-whipping-haitians-illegally-crossing-into-the-us-n2596187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Townhall<\/a> that agents are trained to spin their reins to deter people from getting close to migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll notice none of the pictures show any person being struck by the reins,\u201d Judd reportedly said. \u201cBut of course, that\u2019s not going to be the story \u2026 We do not strike people, nor was anybody struck in this particular case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, several others reiterated similar statements to those of Reid and Omar, claiming migrants were being whipped.<\/p>\n<p>Vice News declared agents were \u201cwhipping Haitian migrants,\u201d using a photo of two migrants fleeing an agent as proof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/k78vdm\/us-border-agents-are-removing-haitian-migrants-using-horses-and-whips?utm_source=vicenewstwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In story<\/a>, however, Vice simply claims the agents were \u201cswinging whips\u201d in the faces of Haitians but stopped short of claiming migrants were actually being whipped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.5723684210526\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Border Patrol agents are whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border in Texas.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sFNCds7Ur\">https:\/\/t.co\/9sFNCds7Ur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VICE News (@VICENews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VICENews\/status\/1439991909603282947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the images were \u201ca stain on our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.378531073446\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It doesn\u2019t matter if a Democrat or Republican is President, our immigration system is designed for cruelty towards and dehumanization of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration should not be a crime, and its criminalization is a relatively recent invention. This is a stain on our country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZKYN4WLyj\">https:\/\/t.co\/PZKYN4WLyj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1440046116486062080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called the images \u201cinhumane and wrong\u201d and called for oversight into the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.4484536082474\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dems in power doesn\u2019t make this less inhumane and wrong.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OversightDems<\/a> must act with same urgency we did last term. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r1fmytz3s8\">https:\/\/t.co\/r1fmytz3s8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1440290448438792199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1440115283297976320?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the allegations were \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d and that it appeared border agents were using \u201cwhips \u2026 on horseback to intimidate migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several politicians and media personalities claimed Monday that Border Patrol agents were whipping Haitian migrants at the southern border after video and pictures emerged of agents riding horseback with reins.MSNBC &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}