These images of U.S. border patrol agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants along the Rio Grande have sparked outrage.
This is how the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border unfolded ...
This is how the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border unfolded ...
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00:00Hey!
00:13There is no place in CBP policy
00:16that allows for the use of whips.
00:20CBP policy requires that people
00:22be treated with dignity and respect,
00:25and we certainly did not see that yesterday.
00:30In the last few days,
00:32we have seen that people
00:34are not treated with dignity
00:36and respect.
00:44The situation is very bad,
00:46very dangerous, very bad.
00:48There is no bed, there is nothing,
00:50very bad, there is no food,
00:52only water with a little bread.
01:00We have reiterated that our borders are not open,
01:08and people should not make the dangerous journey.
01:11If you come to the United States illegally,
01:14you will be returned.
01:16What the government is doing is purporting
01:18to claim authority under Title 42,
01:22which is a public health authority,
01:24and saying because of the pandemic,
01:26we have the authority to expel immigrants,
01:29including asylum seekers,
01:31from the United States immediately
01:33without any access to the asylum system.
01:36This is an unprecedented use of Title 42,
01:39and so what we see right now
01:42is that families and single adults
01:44are being sent back to danger
01:46without any access to asylum process,
01:48not only to Haiti,
01:50but also to countries around the world.
01:59The United States is the only country in the world
02:01that has not yet declared a state of emergency.
02:04I have no food, no shelter, no shelter.
02:08I want to find a better life for my children,
02:12but now I have to sit down and think
02:14what opportunities my country will give me now.
02:17If my country gives me another opportunity,
02:19I will stay in my country.
02:21But if it doesn't give me any opportunity,
02:23I will always be walking
02:25in front of the door of another country.
02:29Haiti is our country,
02:31but there is a very big earthquake,
02:33then there is no work,
02:35everything is so expensive.
02:37When the president finishes his studies,
02:39there is no work,
02:41there is nothing,
02:43you can't sell anything.
02:45All the people are going out,
02:47but there is no work,
02:49there is no shelter,
02:51there is no food,
02:53there is no shelter,
02:55there is no shelter.
02:57All the people are going out
02:59looking for life.
03:13If you look at the images
03:15and you look at the conditions
03:17in which people are living,
03:19it's clear that people are desperate
03:21and that they are desperately
03:23seeking a better life for themselves.
03:25The conditions that they
03:27are seeking not to be returned to
03:29are like...