Critics ripped Axios on Sunday after the outlet deleted a tweet referring to Border Patrol agents as "whipping at" Haitian migrants attempting to cross from Mexico into the U.S.

"We deleted a previous tweet that referred to Border Patrol agents as whipping at Haitian migrants.

Media fact-checkers were largely silent last week as the false narrative surrounding the photos, consisting of claims the agents were using "whips" to attack the Haitians, continued to be peddled by many of their own outlets, as well as a number of Democratic lawmakers.

BUSH PUSHED BACK ON WH WHIPPING NARRATIVE, SHARES VIDEO OF BORDER PATROL HORSES WITHOUT WHIPS.

PHOTOGRAPHER BEHIND VIRAL IMAGES OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS ON HORSEBACK: ‘I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM WHIP ANYONE’.

Amid the backlash over the false "whipping" claims, the Biden administration also faced intense scrutiny for releasing as many as 12,000 of the Haitian migrants into the U.S