Mayorkas condemns tactics by mounted Border Patrol agents

By Virginia Aabram

Published September 21, 2021 3:30pm ET

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Mayorkas condemns tactics by mounted Border Patrol agents — TOPSHOT - A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021. - (Photo by PAUL RATJE / AFP) (Photo by PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images)

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas condemned the tactics that mounted Border Patrol agents took against Haitian migrants attempting to cross from Mexico into Texas.

Pictures emerged on Monday of agents on horseback appearing to use the reins or lariats to strike at migrants and block their paths with the animals. Some Democrats and the media accused agents of “whipping” migrants, although this has been denied by Border Patrol.

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