White House says it's seeking more information on 'horrific' footage of Border Patrol agents confronting Haitian immigrants
By Jason Hoffman, Priscilla Alvarez, Geneva Sands and Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated 8:29 PM ET, Mon September 20, 2021
Washington (CNN)White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the White House is seeking more information on the "horrific" viral videos that appear to show US Border Patrol agents on horseback confronting Haitian refugees at the US border.
"I've seen some of the footage. I don't have the full context. I can't imagine what context would make that appropriate, but I don't have additional details, and certainly I don't have additional context," Psaki said at the White House press briefing. "I don't think anyone seeing that footage would think it was acceptable or appropriate."
Videos taken by Al Jazeera and Reuters appear to show law enforcement officers on horseback using aggressive tactics when confronting migrants, including authorities swinging long reins near migrants who crossed the US-Mexico border near Del Rio, Texas.
Reuters video shows the officers at the water's edge, twirling the long reins as migrants crossed the border at the US shoreline of the Rio Grande. At one point in the video, the officer's horse nearly charges into one of the migrants, who falls back and into the water.
In the Al Jazeera video, a law enforcement officer on horseback is seen swirling the long reins near a group of migrants. Shortly beforehand, another individual on horseback is heard yelling at the migrants, saying, "You use your women? This is why your country's sh*t, because you use your women for this."
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