The U.S. ramped up efforts to remove an influx of migrants—mostly hailing from Haiti—that have swarmed the Texas border town of Del Rio over the past week, with photos and videos showing sometimes aggressive tactics from border patrol agents
as they work to empty out a crowded encampment and attempt to deter others from entering the country. ... [+]
U.S. authorities began sending migrants back to Haiti on Sunday and had removed more than 6,000 the over 12,000 flooding Del Rio by Monday, according to thePhotos and videos from reporters on the scene showed Customs and Border Patrol agents corralling migrants on horseback on Sunday as they tried to stop them from reaching a make-shift refugee camp set up in Del Rio.
that Border Patrol tried to block the migrants with their horses after some attempted to run past the officers to the encampment; he said he did not see anyone struck, but did see a migrant almost trampled.
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