US Authorities Accelerate Removal of Haitians at Border With Mexico

Illegal immigrants sheltering under the Del Rio International Bridge that connects with Ciudad Acuña in Mexico are seen in the border community of Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 18, 2021. Handout via Reuters

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico—U.S. authorities moved some 2,000 people to other immigration processing stations on Friday from a Texas border town that has been overwhelmed by an influx of Haitian and other illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Saturday.

Such transfers will continue “in order to ensure that irregular migrants are swiftly taken into custody, processed, and removed from the United States consistent with our laws and policy,” DHS said in a statement.