Mayorkas doubles down on Border Patrol criticism, even as 'whip' narrative crumbles
September 24, 2021 at 15:12 PM EDT
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas doubled down on his criticism of Border Patrol horse patrol agents who had blocked Haitian migrants from entering the U.S., claiming the images "conjured up" America's history of "systemic racism" – even as the narrative promoted by the White House that migrants were whipped continues to crumble.