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20 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New photos show Border Patrol agents whipping at and charging their horses at Haitian migrants attempting to get to an international bridge in Del Rio, where thousands have sought refuge trying to seek asylum.

📸: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty trib.al/tEidNxq
We deleted a previous tweet after this piece was corrected to show the mounted agents were whipping at the migrants — not necessarily using whips.
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Dept. of Homeland Security spokesperson in a statement to Axios:

"[DHS] does not tolerate the abuse of migrants in our custody and we take these allegations very seriously.”

axios.com/del-rio-migran…
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating the incident and has alerted the DHS Office of Inspector General.

axios.com/del-rio-migran…

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