Thousands of Haitian migrants are being freed into the US on a 'very, very large scale' rather than being flown out on deportation flights as the Biden administration promised, according to officials.
Two US officials with knowledge of the situation in Del Rio - where a peak of around 14,600 mostly Haitian migrants were camped out under a bridge at the weekend after crossing into the US from Mexico - said thousands have been released into the US with notices to appear at an immigration court in 60 days' time under the so-called 'catch and release' scheme.
Number of migrants as of Tuesday evening: 8,600.Number deported to Haiti Sunday: 327.Number deported Monday: 233.Number deported Tuesday: 523.Total deported since flights began Sunday: 1,083.Number of deportation flights scheduled for Wednesday: 7.
Mexico has begun busing and flying Haitian migrants away from the US border, authorities said Tuesday, signaling a new level of support for the US as the camp presented Biden with a humanitarian and increasingly political challenge.
It intensified patrols to stop unaccompanied Central American children from reaching the Texas border in 2014, allowed tens of thousands of asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration courts in 2019.And just last month, began deporting Central American migrants to Guatemala after the Biden administration flew them to southern Mexico.
Texas border agents DENY whipping migrants and accuse Biden administration of deflecting from its failings Texas Border Patrol agents have denied whipping migrants and claimed anyone with 'two brain cells' knows they use split reins to control their horses, after images emerged of mounted officers appearing to whip Haitian border crossers.
Disturbing photos and video surfaced Sunday appearing to show agents on horseback whipping Haitian migrants with horse reins at the Rio Grande river which connects Mexico and the US.Agents pushed back against the criticism and accused the Biden administration of trying to deflect from its own failings in tackling the migrant crisis.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Thousands of Haitian migrants being FREED into the US and NOT deported as Biden administration said
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