Launch of Massive Removal of Haitian Migrants from Texas (US)

Americans have flown Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to Haiti and tried to stop others from going from Mexico in massive forces. This can be the beginning of one of America's most rapid and large-scale deportation operations in decades.

Credit: Dallas News. Guardsman Keeps Watch on Del Rio Bridge

Haiti has announced that six more flights will arrive on Tuesday after 350 migrants. The U.S authorities reportedly expelled around 12,000 migrants who gathered at Del Rio Bridge in Texas.

According to Yael Schacher, one of the senior U.S. advocates at Refugees International enforced asylum law. This was the obvious reason for the expulsion. During the peak years of immigration, numerous Mexicans were also sent home.

Similar numbers of Central Americans have been crossing the border without any harm. Mexico agreeing to admit those coming in from the United States under the authority applied since March 2020. Except for citizens of those four countries, Mexico refuses entry to expelled Haitians and other non-Mexicans.

When the border was closed on Sunday 19 September, the migrants tried to cross in other places until they were confronted by federal and state authorities. According to the Associated Press, Haitian immigrants were spotted about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) east of where they had previously crossed the river into the United States.

Credit: Dallas News: Haitians Bathe and Wash Laundry at Del Rio Camp

The hundreds of people who had made it across the Rio de la Plata and were waiting on the other side of the river were ordered to head to the Del Rio camp. There was an outburst from one of the agents at the scene when he shouted “Go now.” Mexican authorities asked others attempting to cross the onboard an airboat to return to Mexico.

Mexico also announced on Sunday that it would begin returning Haitians to their country of origin. Government officials confirmed that flights would originate from border towns near the United States and Guatemala, where most of the people still reside.

Haitians from South America have been flocking to the United States in record numbers in recent years, many fleeing the Caribbean nation following the devastating earthquake that struck in 2010.

According to migrants at the Del Rio camp, recent incidents like the overwhelming earthquake in Haiti and the killing of President Jovenel Mose have made them fearful of returning home, where life is even more unstable.

The security situation in Haiti is dire. A 38-year-old Haitian immigrant Fabricio Jean from Port-au-Prince recently arrived in Texas with his family. He reportedly said Mexico is a country that is in a political crisis.

The Border Patrol chief said that 3,300 migrants have been removed from the Del Rio camp since Friday and are currently being held in detention centers or on planes. 3,000 of the approximately 12,600 stranded migrants were expected to be relocated within the next day.

Credit: Dallas News. Texas State Troopers Rope Off  Banks of the Rio Grande

At a press conference on the Del Rio bridge, Ortiz says we are working around the clock to move migrants out of the heat and from underneath the bridge. Our processing facilities quickly process and remove individuals from the United States consistent with our laws and policies. The city of about 35,000 people in Texas is about 145 miles away.

According to Haiti's migration director, Jean Négot Bonheur Delva, six flights were scheduled to leave on Tuesday (three of which were in Port-au-Prince and three others in Cap-Haitien), a city in the north.

An authority adopted by former President Donald Trump in March allowed migrants to removed without the opportunity to seek asylum. Unaccompanied minors were exempted from the order, but the rest of the order stood.

Those Haitians who have not been expelled must abide by the immigration laws, which include the right to seek asylum and other forms of humanitarian aid. Because the government is unable to hold children, families in the United States are quickly reunited.

People waited in line for beans, rice, and chicken, and plantains as everybody was worried about where they would sleep and how they would earn money to support their families.

According to Marie-Lourde Jean-Charles with the Office of National Migration, all the people there were given $100 and tested for COVID-19, but the quarantine was not planned.

Others said they intended to flee Haiti at the earliest possible. Valeria Ternission, one of the migrants aged 29, said she and her spouse intend to leave for Chile, accompanied by their son of age four. She worked in Chile at a bakery as a cashier.

Things are not looking very good for migrants currently. What do you think the US should do? I will appreciate your suggestive comments.