Posted on 09/17/2021 6:42:36 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
TThe Biden administration plans on “massive movements” of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border city on flights to Haiti starting Sunday, an official said Friday, representing a swift and dramatic response to thousands who suddenly assembled under and around a bridge.
Details are yet to be finalized but will likely involve five to eight flights a day, according to the official with direct knowledge of the plans who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. San Antonio, the nearest major city, may be among the departure cities.
U.S. authorities closed traffic to vehicles and pedestrians in both directions at the only border crossing in Del Rio, Texas, after chaos unfolded Friday and presented the administration with a new and immediate challenge as it tries to manage large numbers of asylum-seekers who have been reaching U.S. soil.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it was closing the border crossing with Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, “to respond to urgent safety and security needs.” Travelers were being directed to Eagle Pass, Texas, 57 miles (91 kilometers) away.
Haitians crossed the Rio Grande freely and in a steady stream, going back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico through knee-deep water with some parents carrying small children on their shoulders. Unable to buy supplies in the U.S., they returned briefly to Mexico for food and cardboard to settle, temporarily at least, under or near the bridge in Del Rio, a city of 35,000 that has been severely strained by migrant flows in recent months.
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They pushed the Cubans back out to sea because their boats were sinking.
Ditto, there is a report posted somewhere on FR today that the Feds are bringing in large numbers of school buses and taking to Haitians away from the bridge to points unknown.
Perhaps, this is why they banned drone flights so operation move the Haitian to the interior of the nation can’t be filmed.
I am sure if they were republican voters California Arizona and New Mexico would have their National Guard troops on the border, guns drawn.
Well, you nailed it. Not that many of us ever doubted you, but dead on, fellow Freeper!
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