Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants Amid Haitian Surge

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
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Zachary Stieber
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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.

Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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