The last migrants camping under the Del Rio International Bridge, which connects Texas and Mexico, departed on Friday
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"As of this morning, there are no longer any migrants in the camp, underneath the Del Rio International Bridge," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a White House briefing Friday afternoon. Five flights departed Del Rio for Haiti on Thursday carrying 548 Haitians, officials said.
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