Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that an investigation into the mistreatment of Haitian migrants by border agents on horseback at the southern border this past September would be conducted “with tremendous speed and tremendous force,” and finished “in days—not weeks.”  Nearly two months later, the department said in a statement that its watchdog has “declined to investigate,” and “referred the matter back” to Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). Read more