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A head of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday said reports would be issued within a few weeks of an investigation into the actions of Border Guard agents who were falsely accused of whipping Haiti immigrants last year.
CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus spoke at a press conference about the suspension of products in the United States due to forced labor in China, starting late last year against horse-riding agents accused by many Democrats, including President Biden. I was asked about the ongoing investigation that was done. – Whipping Haitian immigrants across the river.
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Magnus said the question was off limits to the phone topic, but gave a short answer anyway.
“The report you’re talking about will be released in the coming weeks. We’re following a management process that protects the due process rights of the employees involved,” he said. “But we’re going to let it go.”
Magnus, who took office earlier this year, did not otherwise comment on the investigation and actions of agents sent to the Del Rio River during the Haiti immigration crisis last September.
An image of an agent trying to prevent immigrants from entering the United States spread on Twitter, and in some cases picked up an immigrant shirt. Because some media and Democrats misidentified the agent’s split reins and used them to spin to control and guide horses, falsely claiming that agents were using “whips” for immigrants. The controversy has escalated.
Homeland security Secretary Alejandro Mallorcus At first he favored the agent, but later changed his message, stating that the image “deeply annoyed me” and added to the immigrants that “horses cannot be used as weapons.”
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Mallorcus announced that horses would no longer be used in Del Rio, and agents were transferred to desk duties until an investigation into their behavior was conducted. He went on to promise that the investigation would be “complete in days, if not weeks.” Not completed yet.
Vice President Harris and President Biden also countered the agent, and Biden increased pressure on the besieged agent by repeating false claims of whiplash and previewed that he wanted to be the result of the investigation. did.
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“It’s ridiculous to see people treated like them, horses barely running around, and people tied up,” Biden told reporters. Whipping with his hands..
“I promise you, those people will pay,” he said of the agent. “The investigation is currently underway and will produce results. Results will occur.”
The Inspector General refused criminal charges against the agent, after which the investigation was transferred to the DHS Office of Professional Responsibility. Fox News reported This week, the DHS is preparing to discipline “multiple” agents on this issue, but it’s not clear what the breach is.
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Agents are expected to experience a “management breach”. Fox is said to have the opportunity for the DHS to submit a discipline proposal to the agent and the agent to respond and accept or fight the discipline.
Bill Melugin of Fox News contributed to this report.