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Police on horseback wielding lassos have been deployed to stop thousands of Haitian migrants from illegally crossing the Rio Grande into the US.

Some 16,000 mostly Haitian migrants have crossed into the Texas city of Del Rio from Mexico in the past fortnight, making the journey after hearing rumours that they would be allowed to enter the US.

The White House said that footage appearing to show border patrol agents using whips against Haitian migrants coming into the United States from Mexico was unacceptable and not appropriate.

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