US blocks the Mexican border at an isolated Texas town where thousands of Haitian migrants have gathered as officials begin flying some of them back to their homeland
Earlier on Sunday, the US sent three flights of Haitians taken from Del Rio back to their homeland, and that number is expected to reach at least six per day shortly, according to a US government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not allowed to discuss the issue publicly.
It sits on a relatively remote stretch of border that lacks capacity to hold and process such large numbers of people. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry wrote on Sunday on Twitter that he is concerned about conditions at the border camp and that the migrants would be welcomed back. “We have the situation in the south with the earthquake. The economy is a disaster, there are no jobs,” Election Minister Mathias Pierre said, adding that most Haitians can’t satisfy basic needs.
Scores of people waded back and forth across the Rio Grande on Saturday, re-entering Mexico to purchase water, food and diapers in Ciudad Acuna before returning to the Texas encampment. With that route now blocked, that area of the Mexican city was now deserted.The US Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday that it moved about 2,000 migrants from the Del Rio camp to other locations on Friday for processing and possible removal.
Crowd estimates varied, but Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano said on Saturday there were more than 14,500 immigrants at the camp under the bridge.
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