'In the midst of meeting these challenges, we...saw horrifying images that do not reflect who we are, who we aspire to be, or the integrity and values of our truly heroic personnel in the DHS,' Sec. Mayorkas says after Haitian migrants cleared from camp.
Adrees Latif/Reutersimmigration authorities in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday finished clearing out an encampment of mostly Haitian migrants that at one point expanded to about 15,000 people.
So far, more than a dozen flights have taken about 2,000 people back to Haiti, according to the Department of Homeland Security. About 3,900 have been moved from the camp for processing or expulsion.Bulldozers cleared the makeshift camp with migrants under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas after people were put on buses to a processing facility, Sept. 24, 2021.
Those proceedings can take time, officials said, in part because migrants in removal proceedings are legally allowed to make a claim of asylum. Asylum cases can take anywhere from six months and several years with the massive case backlog at immigration courts across the country.Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. wait in line to board a bus to Houston from Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition after being released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 24, 2021.
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