Earlier, there were more than 14,000 migrants estimated to be waiting in the encampment by the Texas border town of Del Rio.
said Thursday. Officials said that another 3,200 were sent to Border Patrol facilities for processing to either be released into the U.S. or expelled.
In Mexico, migrants who had camped in a park beside the river in Ciudad Acuña found state police trucks spaced every 30 feet or so between their tents and the water's edge. Still, after anxious minutes of indecision, dozens of families opted to hustle into the river and cross at a point where there was only one municipal police vehicle, calculating it was better to take their chances with U.S. authorities.
In recent weeks, Mexican authorities had been dropping off migrants from other countries at the Guatemalan border. The DHS said Thursday that the Border Patrol has temporarily stopped using horses, following outcry over images and video of agents on horseback appearing to use aggressive tactics against migrants.
The career diplomat was known to be deeply frustrated with what he considered a lack of urgency in Washington and a glacial pace on efforts to improve conditions in Haiti. At least one top official in Haiti cheered Foote's resignation as he accused the U.S. Border Patrol of violating the rights of Haitian migrants.
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