5. Department of Homeland Security · Minor
Clear the records of agents accused of whipping migrants and apologize
Printed page 139 5. Department of Homeland Security
“As part of this announcement, the Secretary should clear the records and personnel files of those who were falsely accused by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of whipping migrants and issue a formal apology on behalf of DHS and CBP.”
What has happened
- Not started
No record-clearing and no formal apology was found. The 2022 CBP investigation found no evidence that agents struck anyone with reins but still faulted individual conduct and proposed discipline for four agents; nothing in the window reverses that, and no DHS or CBP statement apologizing for the accusation was located.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Instrument sought: a DHS or CBP statement clearing the personnel records of the Del Rio horse patrol agents and apologizing on behalf of the department.
Negative search. Searches of the federal records we keep and search, and of the Federal Register, return nothing; a targeted search of dhs.gov, cbp.gov and allowlisted Secondary outlets for a 2025 or 2026 exoneration, record expungement or apology returned only the 2021-2022 CBP Office of Professional Responsibility investigation and its disciplinary aftermath.
- Action
- restore
- Object
- personnel records of accused Border Patrol agents
- ID
- 301