U.S. horse patrols were suspended at a Haitian migrant camp on the southern border
Facing a mounting backlash after viral footage emerged earlier this week of border patrol agents aggressively corralling Haitian migrants on horseback near Del Rio, Texas, the Department of Homeland SecurityU.S.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has “conveyed to civil rights leaders, earlier this morning, that we would no longer be using horses in Del Rio.”
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