In September 2021, an incident occurred involving migrants from Haiti crossing into the United States at the Del Rio, Texas, sector of the Mexico–US border.
President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris claimed the migrants were being whipped by horse-mounted US Border Patrol agents.
[3] After multiple earthquakes and hurricanes ravaged their homeland, many Haitians sought and received refugee status in several South American nations.
[4] At the time, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas publicly advised the Haitians, "Do not come," adding "The border is not open.
[6] As large numbers of Haitian migrants began crossing the border, the Biden Administration threatened to swiftly deport thousands, despite vocal objections from members of the Democratic Party.
[8] Paul Ratje, a photographer based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, captured images of a horseback-mounted Border Patrol agent trying to control the crowd.
"[11] The BBC compared one of Ratie's photos with a historical drawing of an African slave being pulled with a rope and struck with a whip.