Mike Lee Blasts DHS Secretary for Not Defending Border Patrol Agents Accused of Whipping Migrants
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) confronted Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over why he did not explicitly defend Border Patrol agents accused of whipping Haitian migrants. During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Lee confronted…
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) confronted Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over why he did not explicitly defend Border Patrol agents accused of whipping Haitian migrants.
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Lee confronted Mayorkas for not vocally defending the agents. He asked, “What about the issue with your Border Patrol agents being accused by some folks in the media of whipping illegal immigrants when in fact they were not? Why on earth did you not defend them?”
He added, “Has no one in your entire department ever become aware of how one uses split reins when riding a horse?”
“Senator, let me say two things. Number one, I put 100% into my work and I’m incredibly proud to do so. That’s number one. And number two, I stand with the men and women of our department through and through. And I will not prejudge facts before…” Mayorkas began.
The Utah senator interrupted to ask, “Did you defend them when they were being attacked for whipping people? Which they were not.”
“Senator, what I said quite clearly is that the independent investigation will determine the facts and those facts will drive the outcome. Nothing less and nothing more,” Mayorkas said.
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In September, thousands of Haitian migrants crossed the border at Del Rio, Texas, to seek asylum in the U.S.
Haiti was thrown into political turmoil earlier this year after gunmen assassinated