17,000 more Haitians heading for America

Up to 4,000 Haitian migrants have already crossed the Darien Gap in Panama along the Colombian border, a roadless, 66-mile stretch of treacherous jungle, Panamanian government sources tell Reuters.

Over the weekend, migrants took over a beach at a northern Colombian border town, Necocli, where they decided to unwind with game of soccer and some dominoes.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted on Sunday that 12,000 Haitian migrants who were at a camp under a Texas border town bridge, have been released into the U.S. He claims that number could go up as 5,000 other cases are still being processed.

Photographs released Monday show tourists and Haitian migrants jostling for the beach as the immigrants find ways to pass the time as they wait for space on boats that cross will to the other side of the Gulf of Uraba, the end of Colombia.

In an interview with Fox on Monday morning, the Trump-era immigration official said Mayorkas underestimated the number of migrants successfully crossing the southwest border because he didn't account for people who were never confronted by border agents and so are harder to track down.

In his Sunday interview, Mayorkas acknowledged that some of the thousands of migrants who had been camped out under a bridge near Del Rio, Texas, had not been tested for Covid-19.Lance Gooden was among the Republican's to hit out at Mayorkas' handling of the border crisis.

Even though Mayorkas and the administration insist the border is 'closed,' migrants can cross the border and claim asylum, which kicks off a process that can allow them to remain in the U.S. while their case is being considered.
 

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