WASHINGTON — A trio of House Republican leaders raised concerns Friday that border agents would be unfairly disciplined for their treatment of Haitian migrants while on horseback after an incident in 2021 got widespread attention.
Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. James R. Comer, chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Rep. Mark E. Green, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said they had heard that potential disciplinary action against the agents involved would be decided by a “senior executive with no Border Patrol or law enforcement experience.”
If Customs and Border Protection proceeds with this, it “will result in an uninformed and potentially unfair disciplinary decision,” the three committee leaders wrote acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller in a letter first obtained by CQ Roll Call.
