U.S Border patrol agents using whips against Haitian migrants in Texas
The White House is speaking out against a few viral images shot at the U.S. Southern border of what appears to show border patrol agents using whips against Haitian migrants.
As previously reported, the Biden administration plans to ramp up deportation flights to Haiti as an estimated 10,000-plus Haitians are currently sheltering under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas.
According to @Reuters, images of Border Patrol agents on horseback appearing to use whips on migrants returning from Mexico after buying food surfaced Monday. The White House said the images, shot by journalist Paul Ratje, are unacceptable and not appropriate.
"I have seen some of the footage. I don't have the full context. I can't imagine what context would make that appropriate," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. "I don't think anyone seeing that footage.