{"id":72502,"date":"2021-09-24T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=72502"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:19:32","slug":"72502","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=72502","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2021\/09\/24\/biden-says-border-patrol-agents-will-pay-n2596444\">Biden Promises Border Patrol Agents &#8216;Will Pay&#8217; for Doing Something They Didn&#8217;t Do<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at the White House Friday, President Joe Biden vowed to punished Border Patrol agents in Del Rio who used horses to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s outrageous. I promise you, those people will pay,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden on the lie that border patrol were using whips on illegal immigrants at the border:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;To see people treated like they did? Horses running them over? People being strapped? It&#39;s outrageous. I promise you, those people will pay.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jx79KoYTy9\">pic.twitter.com\/Jx79KoYTy9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1441406433619288072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki have all continued to lie about Border Patrol agents &#8220;whipping&#8221; illegal Haitians. It never happened and yet, they&#8217;re tripling down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The photojournalist who took the photos of Border Patrol agents earlier this week, which cynical political operatives and media have used to smear them, has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/local\/el-paso-news\/photographer-behind-controversial-photos-speaks-exclusively-to-ktsm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked the narrative<\/a>\u00a0illegal immigrants were whipped.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The photographer behind images depicting Border Patrol agents on horseback told KTSM things are not exactly what they seem when it comes to the photos.<\/p>\n<p>The photographs, which were taken Sunday, appear to show agents on horses with a whip in hand. The photos caused outrage because from certain angles, it appears to show Border Patrol whipping migrants, but photographer Paul Ratje said he and his colleagues never saw agents whipping anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the Haitian men started running, trying to go around the horses,\u201d Ratje said.<\/p>\n<p>Ratje is a photographer based in Las Cruces and has been in Del Rio since Friday. He said took the photographs from the Mexican side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen them whip anyone,\u201d Ratje said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the administration announced horses will no longer be used by agents in Del Rio, taking away a key tool for patrols.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1441394136909692937&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fkatiepavlich%2F2021%2F09%2F24%2Fbiden-says-border-patrol-agents-will-pay-n2596444&amp;sessionId=0996d889f00f6bb2894edcc2e471fb8a9b53b85d&amp;siteScreenName=townhallcom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1441394136909692937\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1441094056461803523&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fkatiepavlich%2F2021%2F09%2F24%2Fbiden-says-border-patrol-agents-will-pay-n2596444&amp;sessionId=0996d889f00f6bb2894edcc2e471fb8a9b53b85d&amp;siteScreenName=townhallcom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1441094056461803523\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>DHS is expected to conclude an investigation into the agents and issue disciplinary action next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Promises Border Patrol Agents &#8216;Will Pay&#8217; for Doing Something They Didn&#8217;t Do Speaking to reporters at the White House Friday, President Joe Biden vowed to punished Border Patrol agents in Del Rio who used horses to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country earlier this week. &#8220;It&#8217;s outrageous. 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