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Bombshell email shows DHS knew 'whipping' story was bogus — but Mayorkas pushed false narrative anyway

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CHRIS ENLOE

OCTOBER 12, 2022

   

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas publicly condemned Border Patrol agents accused of "whipping" Haitian migrants despite being informed that those accusations were not true.

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Emails obtained by the Heritage Foundation show that Marsha Espinosa, assistant secretary of DHS public affairs, emailed Mayorkas with information casting doubt on the "whipping" narrative.

Specifically, Espinosa relayed a news story in which the photographer behind the infamous photos, Paul Ratje, debunked the narrative. Espinosa's email was sent at 12:05 p.m on Sept. 24, 2021.