USA Today: “The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general “declined” to investigate the conduct of mounted Border Patrol agents during a September confrontation with Haitian migrants at the Mexican border near Del Rio, Texas, the agency said.
“Two months after the incident, DHS said Tuesday that the incident, which drew widespread condemnation, is the subject of a separate agency inquiry headed by the Office of Professional Responsibility. The investigative update comes after Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told a House panel in September that an investigation would be completed within days.
“According to the DHS statement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection initially referred the incident to the inspector general, adding that the agency watchdog ‘declined to investigate and referred the matter back to CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility. … OPR then immediately commenced investigative work, including its review of videos and photographs and the interview of witnesses, employees, and CBP leadership,’ DHS said. ‘OPR has followed customary process in its investigation of this matter.'”