the horse patrol agents were not carrying whips and there s no evidence that they hit anyone with their reins. we have a texas congressman standing by. first to bill melugin in eagle pass, texas. good afternoon, bill. trace, good afternoon to you. it s been nearly ten months since this incident first took place in del rio last september. timely cbp held a press conference to announce the findings of their investigation. they just threw cold water on the false narrative that started last year accusing these horseback agents of whipping haitian my grantses. cbp says that they found no evidence whatsoever that any haitian migrants were whipped or struck by the horseback border patrol agents. but they re recommending discipline for four agents accusing them of administrative violations, including working in an unsafe manner and unprofessional comment. one agent was using derogatory language and maneuvered his horse in an unsafe way near a child. they say other agents used the t
peter doocy has more. the white house sees inflation as a problem but we re in a very good economy. today s economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving in a better direction. the reason the president says that, he sees a low unemployment rate as top above all. right now wages are not rising as fast as the prices on everything else, which republicans say they see as a blinking red light. the problem is that every single day americans are hurting when they re either putting gas in their tanks, trying to put food on their table or trying to pay rent or energy bills. all of these things are out of the president s control. so white house officials say those are the only things that they believe is hindering their economic agenda. remember, this price increase is due to putin s tax highs, putin s war on ukraine. that s why we have seen the increase of gas prices and food. the press secretary says that we are stronger economically than we have been
border patrol council are toque who art del cueto will join us on that. we began america reports this friday with june unemployment report beating expectation but still below pre-pandemic levels. with inflation still climbing. hello, i am in for sandra smith and rich, hello to you. good afternoon, i am in for john roberts. 372,000 jobs added last month in unemployment rate to study at 3.6% but record number of job openings persist with two jobs available for every unemployed person and there are still concerns over runaway inflation and new jobs report shows rising costs with average earnings. anita: meanwhile the president is taking heat for more than just the economy and some of his own party criticize him for a lack of action on guns and abortion. the president s last hour sending executive order to access to abortion and the move comes two weeks after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. rich: mark meredith live on the beautiful lawn of the white house, mar
these agents were whipping people, cbp said that narrative was foals. maxine waters was saying those images were worse than what we saw during slavery and alejandro mayorkas said it was a horrible image and president biden said those agents were strapping people and there were consequences. it appears they are trying to have consequences on the agents but not for whipping migrants appear they will go after them for unprofessional work conduct and working in an unsafe manner. again i m told by federal sources, unpaid suspensions are on the table with his potential discipline. the border patrol union said they will defend these men vigorously. i m told these agents will have a chance to respond to the allegations and they will be able to fight them if they decide to do so. i will send it back to you. anita: i don t think the commissioner could have been in a clear, bill, no evidence of intentional whipping or striking haitian migrants. so, there you have it.
held a press conference and released the results of their investigation. they found no evidence that any haitian migrants were whipped or struck. they did announce that they would be disciplining four of these horseback agents for administrative violations, specifically accusing them of working in an unsafe manner, unprofessional work conduct. they highlighted some specifics accusing one agent of using derogatory language and maneuvering his horse around a small child in a dangerous way. they accused other agents of threat of force to drive migrants back in to the river. but again, the highlight, they say there was no evidence that anybody was whipped. i m told by multiple federal sources, discipline proposals were sent to the agents yesterday. those proposals include up to 14 days of unpayment suspension.