Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants Amid Haitian Surge

Haitians who were deported from the U.S. border with Mexico are attended by members of the IOM UN Migration organization before they get tested for COVID-19 at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 20, 2021. Joseph Odelyn/AP Photo

ACUNA, Mexico—Authorities in Mexico have started blocking buses of migrants from reaching communities on the U.S.–Mexico border and plan to start deporting Haitians back to their home country.

The Mexican government planned to start deporting migrants, primarily Haitians, on Sept. 21, Piedras Negras Mayor Claudio Bres told Mexican news outlet Zocalo on Sept. 20.