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 The majority of Border Patrol agents are [[Minority group|minorities]]. According to 2016 data, [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latinos]] constitute slightly more than 50% of the Border Patrol.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mejia|first=Brittny|date=April 23, 2018|title=Many Latinos answer call of the Border Patrol in the age of Trump|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-citizens-academy-20180323-htmlstory.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175502/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-citizens-academy-20180323-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In late 2021, after public criticism, the Border Patrol outfitted agents with body cameras, which it had rejected in 2015 as too expensive, bad for agent morale, and unreliable; it had previously required state and local law enforcement to turn off their body cameras during joint operations with CBP.<ref name="2021cams2">{{cite news |last=Hesson |first=Ted |date=April 4, 2021 |title=U.S. to outfit border agents with body cameras in major oversight move |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-outfit-border-agents-with-body-cameras-major-oversight-move-2021-08-04/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104085046/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-outfit-border-agents-with-body-cameras-major-oversight-move-2021-08-04/|archive-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref>
+In late 2021, after public criticism, the Border Patrol outfitted agents with body cameras, which it had rejected in 2015 as too expensive, bad for agent morale, and unreliable; it had previously required state and local law enforcement to turn off their body cameras during joint operations with CBP.<ref name="2021cams2">{{cite news |last=Hesson |first=Ted |date=April 4, 2021 |title=U.S. to outfit border agents with body cameras in major oversight move |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-outfit-border-agents-with-body-cameras-major-oversight-move-2021-08-04/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104085046/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-outfit-border-agents-with-body-cameras-major-oversight-move-2021-08-04/|archive-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref>
 In September 2021, while mounted Border Patrol agents in [[Del Rio, Texas]], responded to an influx of refugees from Haiti crossing the Mexico–United States border, a photograph was captured of an agent appearing to use his bridle reins as a whip against a Haitian migrant. U.S. President Joe Biden said, "To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped. It's outrageous. I promise you those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now, and there will be consequences. There will be consequences."<ref name="Concha">{{cite news | last = Concha | first = Joe | date = September 26, 2021 | title = Biden, Harris push big lie about Border Patrol | url = https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-harris-push-big-lie-about-border-patrol/ar-AAOQt6Q | work = The Hill | access-date = December 7, 2021 | archive-date = September 26, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210926231714/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-harris-push-big-lie-about-border-patrol/ar-AAOQt6Q | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Aguayo | first = Christina | date = September 25, 2021 | title = George P. Bush: Biden has stripped another tool from our men & women protecting this country | url = https://www.ktsm.com/news/george-p-bush-biden-has-stripped-another-tool-from-our-men-women-protecting-this-country/ | work = KTSM | access-date = December 7, 2021 | archive-date = September 26, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210926231721/https://www.ktsm.com/news/george-p-bush-biden-has-stripped-another-tool-from-our-men-women-protecting-this-country/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The photographer, when interviewed, said he did not see any whipping.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | date=September 24, 2021 | last1=Shear | first1=Michael D. | last2=Rogers | first2=Katie | title=Biden Condemns Border Patrol Treatment of Haitian Migrants as Expulsions Continue | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/us/politics/biden-border-patrol-haitian-migrants.html | access-date=December 7, 2021 | archive-date=December 7, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207161224/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/us/politics/biden-border-patrol-haitian-migrants.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Months later, in November 2021, The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) declined to investigate allegations against the agents on horseback.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2021/11/16/dhs-watchdog-declined-to-probe-whipping-claims-against-border-agents/