Controversy ensued in September 2021 at the border as pictures and video appear to show horse-mounted border patrol officers charging against Haitian asylum seekers, attempting to drive them back across the Rio Grande.
A Washington D.C federal judge held a hearing this week over a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the government for the behavior of the border patrol officers back then. The hearing concluded without success for the U.S. government, with District Judge Jia Cobb requesting further written arguments from both sides.
