On a Tuesday episode of “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin called out the U.S. government’s handling of an influx of Haitian migrants after thousands arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last week.
Last week more than 14,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, arrived at the border town of Del Rio, Texas, after crossing the Rio Grande. Migrants are being kept under poor conditions under tents amid triple-digit temperatures without access to running water and a limited number of portable toilets. Some Haitians have been deported back to their country on flights from the U.S.
Images also surfaced this week of Border Patrol agents on horseback, chasing down migrants at the border and holding what appeared to be whips.
The White House said Monday it would investigate the “horrific” photos captured by Reuters and Al Jazeera photographers near Del Rio.
“I’ve seen some of the footage. I don’t have the full context. I can’t imagine what context would make that appropriate, but I don’t have additional details, and certainly I don’t have additional context,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing. “I don’t think anyone seeing that footage would think it was acceptable or appropriate.”
