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DHS to punish Border Patrol agents cleared of whipping Haitian migrants; Biden vowed consequences

June 15, 2022 | | Print Article

Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing in the alleged whipping of Haitian migrants, Border Patrol agents are reportedly going to be punished by DHS after President Joe Biden said he’d “make them pay.”

Mounted Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas were caught on camera attempting to prevent Haitian immigrants from illegally crossing the border last September. They were accused of using their reins as whips when, in fact, they were using them to control their horses so migrants would not be hurt in the altercation.

Leftists falsely accused them of whipping the illegal immigrants. ABC, CBS, and NBC all reported the debunked claim that Border Patrol agents were whipping Haitian migrants, but didn’t bother to inform viewers that it was discredited.

In November, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined to press criminal charges against the agents but now they are going after them from a different angle in order to appease the radical left. DHS is reportedly preparing to charge them with “administrative violations.” They were put on desk duty after the incident and have remained there even after being cleared of the false charges against them.

Fox News was told by a source within the federal government that an announcement on the matter is expected within days. The source asserted that DHS will be proposing discipline for the agents who will be given due process and then have a chance to respond to the charges. They are unlikely to be fired.

The Border Patrol’s Office of Personnel Responsibility has spent months reviewing photographs and interviewing witnesses and agents.

Among the chief instigators against the Border Patrol agents was President Biden himself who charged that migrants were being “strapped” at the border.

“It was horrible to see, to see people treated like they did, with horses nearly running them over. People being strapped,” Biden proclaimed in September.

“It’s outrageous. I promise you those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now and there will be consequences. There will be consequences. It’s an embarrassment,” he declared.

“But beyond an embarrassment, it’s dangerous, it’s wrong, it sends the wrong message around the world, and sends the wrong message at home. It’s simply not who we are,” Biden charged before an investigation was even conducted, in essence, proclaiming the agents guilty up front.

(Video Credit: The Daily Mail)

Following the confrontation, the White House announced that agents would no longer be allowed to chase down migrants on horseback.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the photos of the Border Agents doing their jobs “correctly and necessarily were met with our nation’s horror.”

“They do not reflect who we are as a country nor do they reflect who the United States Custom and Border Protection is,” Mayorkas remarked at the time.

Photographer Paul Ratje, who took some of the images that day that were used against Border Patrol agents, claimed he didn’t see anyone being whipped.

“I’ve never seen them whip anyone,” he told KTSM-TV.

Ratje stated that the pictures show the agents swinging the long reins of their horses, not holding whips.

“He was swinging it, but it can be misconstrued when you’re looking at the picture,” he noted.

The general consensus on social media is that this is more persecution against the Border Patrol and is, in a word, BS:

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32 thoughts on “DHS to punish Border Patrol agents cleared of whipping Haitian migrants; Biden vowed consequences”

  1. This is pure ridiculous, IMO, the punishments should go to the President and Mayorkas, for not DOING THEIR JOBS! People need to look up at what their “immigrants” (ILLEGALS), are costing those of us who pay taxes!! NO WONDER OUR ECONOMY IS IN THE SHAPE, WE ARE SUFFERING THROUGH.

  2. There are so many demo-rat kangaroo courts going on one would think they are in Australia!

  4. Sounds like a great lawsuit against the false administration and the department of homeland insecurity !

  5. I can’t imagine Pres Trump reacting as Biden did – no hearing, no judge, no jury, just “there will be consequences”.

  6. F’ing Biden: “There will be consequences. It’s an embarrassment,” he declared. What’s an embarrassment is what this Administration has done to our country in a year and a half. Biden is the laughing-stock of the world, and our government with him. Absolutely non-functional, ass-kissing liars are running our country. People need to wake up and CARE!!!! :wpds_mad:  :wpds_mad: 

  7. The f**k head Biden needs to be thrown out of office. Democrats are anti Americans who have literally destroyed America, and should never be put in office again. They have never been to the border in their miserable lives, and they don’t give a damn what’s happening

  9. EVERY border patrol agent needs to quit.
    I’m sure there are PLENTY of departments that will hire them.

  10. We all know that every dumacrat on earth is going to HELL, let’s just put them there a little prematurely!!!!!

  11. Like the one person said in the article. I hope these guys that are being punished, sue the pants off their employer. I hope they all get together and find a lawyer that isn’t afraid of our government and get enough money to last them the rest of their lives. It’ll be our tax dollars well spent.

  12. Assault the police? Of course! Demon worship always requires sacrifice of the innocent so that the guilty can go on without accusing themselves.

  13. Protecting our borders and our country earn you the wrath of the 2 most traitorous scumbags in the world. Biden and Mayorkas.

    1. All true BUT who lets them get away with it? That is the big problem. Apathetic voters.

  14. 😡 This dumbass demented joe administration is nothing but lies, lies, and more lies. We must change this in November….DO NOT VOTE FOR ANYONE WITH A “D” associated with their name on the ballot! The brain washed morons that voted for these democrat clowns are ruining our country. 😡

  15. Civil War now! This astonishingly corrupt, destructive, illegitimate totalitarian regime and all of its supporters have got to go. And those stinking Haitians are invaders; whipping is the least they should have received.

  18. It’s not just that they’re too stupid to know anything about equestrian activity, but that they saw it immediately through their malignant viewpoints as something they could use to manipulate public opinion to support and extend their allowing illegal aliens to freely enter our borders. This stance was quickly picked up by media sources to malign border agents for media knows you can print whatever lie you want and apologize for it later, enjoying the repercussions of their lie while denying it . The only one it seemed to fool was the fool someone elected President. If I were the border agents, I’d she him for all the corrupt money China and the Ukraine have paid him off.

  19. Remember this Administration goes after those who serve and protect our country, even after they are exonerated. Remember this especially well in November, as Brandon fills his family’s pockets with ill gotten Chinese and Ukrainian cash. Remember that Hunter, who has committed prosecutable offences, will still be doing drugs, spending his piles of extorted cash and denying his paternal obligations. VOTE THEM OUT IN NOVEMBER!!

  20. The only people who deserve punishment are Obiden, his staff and all the media who pushed this blatant lie.

    1. The dimwit 😜 voters that elected these clowns need to be punished as well….no wait they are being punished like the rest of us with demented joe’s policies! 😡

  21. Suppose this story is true about Biden and DHS’s treatment of the accused and exonerated agents. In that case, it serves only to amplify Biden’s pettiness as a “small man” with a vindictive, child-like, spoil-sport nature ~ None of the characteristics that should apply to any leader on any level, especially not the President of the USA!

  24. The act of ordering punishment for dreamed up charges, is not out of the ordinary for a police state. The indoctrinated democrat masses have such vitriol for our Republic, they can be told what they are seeing, and they will accept it as truth. The major media and Biden’s administration should be dismantled and voted out of office. They are treasonous bastards but at least the Hispanic community is picking up on it.

  27. It amases me that there are ANY Border Patrol agents even left on duty. I sure wouldn’t work under these conditions!

  28. But of course! Democrat policy: punish the innocent and reward the guilty!

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