Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the US, two officials say, undercutting the Biden admin.'s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion.
the Biden administration's public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsionHaitians have been freed on a “very, very large scale” in recent days, according to one U.S. official who put the figure in the thousands. The official, who has direct knowledge of operations, was not authorized to discuss the matter Tuesday and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Three hours after leaving the makeshift camp under the International Bridge with his pregnant wife, Mackenson Veillard stood outside a gas station in Del Rio, Texas waiting on a Greyhound Bus to take the couple to a cousin who is living in San Antonio. Advocates also don’t know how many of the immigrants have been deported so far and how many have been released into the U.S., he said.
Accounts of wide-scale releases — some observed at the Del Rio bus station by Associated Press journalists — are at odds with statements a day earlier by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who traveled to Del Rio to promise swift action. The Homeland Security Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Tuesday night.
Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, said Tuesday he had spoken with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, about the Haitians’ situation. Ebrard said most of the Haitians already had refugee status in Chile or Brazil and weren’t seeking it in Mexico. The second official said the plan was to move to Tapachula all Haitians who already solicited asylum in Mexico.
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