CBP finds 'no evidence' Border Patrol agents whipped Haitian migrants, but still seeks to discipline them
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Customs and Border Protection announced the findings of a report into the incident involving Border Patrol and migrants in Del Rio, finding no evidence of whipping.
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Agents have been under investigation since Sept. 20, the day after agents on horseback dealt with migrants coming across the river in Del Rio. The incident made headlines as reporters and lawmakers saw the reins the agents were using and misinterpreted them as whips. It was a claim quickly debunked, but repeated by the President days later.
"To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped – it's outrageous," Biden told reporters, making a whipping motion with his hand. "I promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now and there will be consequences. There will be consequences."