DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. officials said Saturday that within the next three days, they plan to ramp up expulsion flights for some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have gathered in a Texas city from across the border in Mexico. By Monday morning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to have at least 400 agents and officers in the Del Rio area and it is prepared to send more, DHS said. Jordan Vonderhaar via Getty Images Migrants, mostly from Haiti, gather at a makeshift encampment under an overpass on the border between Del Rio, Texas, and Acuña, Mexico, on Sept. 17. San Antonio, the nearest major city to Del Rio, where the migrants have gathered, could be among the departure cities. Another administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity expected two flights per day, at most, and said all migrants would be tested for COVID-19.

Source: Huffington Post September 18, 2021 18:45 UTC