The Biden administration was quick to condemn Border Patrol agents on horseback in Del Rio last year after photos showed agents trying to force illegal immigrants back across the Rio Grande into Mexico.
At issue were the agents’ use of reins, which are used to keep people away from the horse to prevent injury, according to Brandon Judd, the head of the Border Patrol union.
Based on the photos, politicians, including the president, condemned the agents for “whipping” or “strapping” the Haitians near the riverbank.
But the photographer, Paul Ratje, said he didn’t see agents whip anyone.
“Some of the Haitian men started running, trying to go around the horses,” Ratje told local station KTSM….