DHS inspector general declined to investigate horse-mounted Border Patrol 'whipping' accusation
by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter |
| November 16, 2021 10:40 AM
AUSTIN, Texas — The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General did not investigate whether horse-mounted Border Patrol agents in Texas used whips against Haitian migrants, the agency said Tuesday, despite President Joe Biden's initial accusation that the agents were at fault.
The DHS clarified in a statement that its parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was handling the investigation because the DHS Office of Inspector General had declined to handle the case, an indication that the inspector general did not consider the incident to be serious.
CBP investigators within its Office of Professional Responsibility have yet to reach a conclusion in an investigation into the conduct of the accused Border Patrol agents nearly two months after Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised immediate results.
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