Haitian migrant camp completely cleared, administration says
By Rebecca Beitsch - 09/24/21 02:57 PM EDT
The Biden administration has fully cleared a camp of Haitian migrants living under a bridge connecting Mexico with Del Rio, Texas, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday.
“As of this morning, there are no longer any migrants in the camp underneath the Del Rio International Bridge,” Mayorkas told reporters at a briefing with reporters at the White House.
The complete clearing of the camp means the Department of Homeland Security has processed an estimated 15,000 Haitian migrants who had gathered there. Just one day earlier, on Thursday, DHS officials told reporters there were some 4,000 migrants remaining under the bridge.
Many have been returned to Haiti through controversial repatriation flights, completing 17 flights to Haiti with roughly 2,000 Haitians.
Several Democrats have asked the Biden administration to suspend the flights, noting that Haitians present in the U.S. prior to July were given permission to remain due to conditions in Haiti following a devastating earthquake.
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