Tory Lanez Travels To Texas To Help Haitian Migrants At Southern Border

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Tory Lanez spent his Saturday in Texas helping Haitian migrants at the southern border.

Tory Lanez traveled down to the southern border in Texas to help Haitian migrants who have limited supplies and many of whom are being deported by the U.S. government. Lanez described the conditions as "Heartbreaking" in a tweet, Saturday night.

"Truly heartbreaking to see all of the Hatian [sic] migrants having to live in the conditions they were in ... today I bought 50,000 $ worth of Essentials Products + Clothes for em ! Its not a game !! 2 things they really need are TENTS and TARPS," he wrote on Twitter.

"Contact Info@uaosa.org to help now," he added.

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Many of the migrants have been traveling throughout South America in the decade following the 2010 earthquake. Outside of Del Rio, Texas, a camp populated by an estimated 15,000 refugees formed at a bridge.

Lanez's arrival comes weeks after a viral video showed a U.S. border patrol agent whipping migrants while riding on horseback and shouting obscenities.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki called the incident "horrific."

"I have seen some of the footage. I don't have the full context. I can't imagine what context would make that appropriate, but I don't have additional details," she told reporters at the time. "I don't think anyone seeing that footage would think it's acceptable or appropriate."

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.
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