US deports thousands of Haitian migrants

Name: US deports thousands of Haitian migrants
Uploaded: 2021-09-20T19:47:38Z
Duration: PT2M6.293S
Description: Authorities on horseback blocked Haitian migrants crossing the Rio Grande from entering the US as the country begins to deport people from an encampment under a bridge. As many as 12,000 migrants had been staying there, crossing the border for food and supplies in Mexico until the deportations began.

Authorities on horseback blocked Haitian migrants crossing the Rio Grande from entering the US as the country begins to deport people from an encampment under a bridge. As many as 12,000 migrants had been staying there, crossing the border for food and supplies in Mexico until the deportations began.

United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021. - US law enforcement are attempting to close off crossing points along the Rio Grande river where migrants cross to get food and water, which is scarce in the encampment. The United States said Saturday it would ramp up deportation flights for thousands of migrants who flooded into the Texas border city of Del Rio, as authorities scramble to alleviate a burgeoning crisis for President Joe Biden's administration. (Photo by PAUL RATJE / AFP)

Katarina Holtzapple

Sep 20, 2021