'We know that those images painfully conjured up the worst elements of our nation's ongoing battle against systemic racism.'Ī 500-page report released in July concluded that the agents acted unprofessionally, unsafely and used unnecessary force - but concluded they did not strike the migrants with their reins. 'The investigation into what occurred has not yet concluded. 'In the midst of meeting these challenges, we - our entire nation - saw horrifying images that do not reflect who we are, who we aspire to be, or the integrity and values of our truly heroic personnel in the Department of Homeland Security,' he said. The entire article was sent to Mayorkas - according to the email shared by Fox News - a day later, two hours before he appeared in the White House briefing room to discuss the immigration crisis. 'He was swinging it, but it can be misconstrued when you're looking at the picture.' 'I’ve never seen them whip anyone,' he told KTSM. Yet a day earlier, Paul Ratje, who had captured the images said he had not seen anyone being whipped. There will be an investigation under way now, and there will be consequences. 'To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped - it's outrageous,' he said, It was sent shortly after President Joe Biden said the agents involved would be punished. Marsha Espinosa, assistant secretary of DHS public affairs, emailed the secretary and others flagging a news article about the photographer and his comments. 24, 2021 email, obtained by the Heritage Foundation via a Freedom of Information Act request, now reveals that Mayorkas was told that the photographer saw no signs of that migrants were whipped. It apparently showed mounted Border Agents using whips on Haitian migrants at the Mexican border.īut an investigation subsequently found no evidence they had used their reins for anything other than controlling their horses, although they were found to have used inappropriate force and language.Ī Sept. The video footage sparked a storm last year. Newly released emails show Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was told a photographer who captured a clash between border agents and migrants in Texas believed the pictures were being misrepresented, hours before saying they showed 'the worst elements of our nation's ongoing battle against systemic racism.'
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