Eleven basic facts to know about the Haitian migrant crisis
by Larisa Karr Sep. 21, 2021
Tens of thousands of Haitians have recently arrived in the border town of Del Rio. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images.
The migrants who arrived in Del Rio, Texas are not coming directly from Haiti. Most had been living in Brazil, Chile and other countries in South and Central America for months or years.
Migrants began leaving Latin America when job opportunities slowed as those countries faced the pandemic. Migrants also heard incorrectly that the U.S. was granting Temporary Protected Status to any Haitian on U.S. soil.
The Haitians paid ‘coyotes,’ a wide network of smugglers working across countries who guide migrants of all nationalities to the US-Mexico border.
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