Kennedy Human Rights, who was in Del Rio. The system is a "black box," said Wade McMullen, an attorney with Robert F. The Biden administration exempts unaccompanied children from expulsion flights on humanitarian grounds. authorities have declined to say how many have been released in the U.S. Greg Abbott, during a visit Tuesday to Del Rio, said the county's top official told him the most recent tally was about 8,600 migrants. The camp held more than 14,000 people over the weekend, according to some estimates. Ten flights arrived in Haiti from Sunday to Tuesday in planes designed for 135 passengers, according to Haitian officials, who didn't provide a complete count but said six of those flights carried 713 migrants combined. official not authorized to discuss operations said there were seven daily flights to Haiti planned starting Wednesday.
The releases come despite a massive effort to expel Haitians on flights under pandemic-related authority that denies migrants a chance to seek asylum. Many have been released with notices to appear at an immigration office within 60 days, an outcome that requires less processing time from Border Patrol agents than ordering an appearance in immigration court and points to the speed at which authorities are moving. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and thus spoke on condition of anonymity, put the figure in the thousands. Haitians have been freed on a "very, very large scale" in recent days, one official said Tuesday. officials, undercutting the Biden administration's public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion to Haiti. Many Haitian migrants in Del Rio are being released in the United States, according to two U.S. "I felt so stressed," Veillard, 25, said this week. The couple camped with thousands for a week under the bridge in Del Rio, Texas, sleeping on concrete and getting by on bread and bottled water. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.ĭEL RIO, Texas (AP) - Three hours after being freed from a giant migrant camp under an international bridge, Mackenson Veillard stood outside a gas station and took stock of his sudden good fortune as he and his pregnant wife waited for a Greyhound bus to take them to a cousin in San Antonio.
Migrants are released from United States Border Patrol custody at a humanitarian center, Wednesday, Sept.
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