EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol chief fumed at Biden admin’s handling of whipping controversy, emails show
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Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz pushed back at the handling of a furor over allegations that agents had whipped illegal Haitian migrants in 2021, new emails reveal.
But the controversy went viral on social media and made national news, leading to a scrambled response from the Biden administration. The emails show how on the day after the incident, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials were immediately under pressure for a response. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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