Border Patrol agents who Biden said would ‘pay’ could get minimal punishment, officials say
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The Border Patrol agents who were pictured blocking migrants on horseback in Del Rio and who President Biden promised would "pay" as he echoed false claims the agents "strapped" migrants -- could get little more than a few days suspension, if the investigation turns out as some senior administration officials hope.
Since then, video has emerged supporting that claim, while the photographer behind the original images has said he did not see migrants whipping anyone. But the administration has doubled down, with DHS Secretary Mayorkas claiming the images "conjured up the worst elements of our nation’s ongoing battle against systemic racism." Biden, meanwhile, added fuel to the fire of the claims the agents were whipping, and even running down, migrants.
"To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped -- it's outrageous," Biden said on Friday, making a whipping motion with his hand. "I promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now and there will be consequences. There will be consequences."