From Libya to Texas, tragedies illustrate plight of migrants
5 years, 6 months ago

From Libya to Texas, tragedies illustrate plight of migrants

The Hindu  

They are trapped in squalid detention centers on Libya’s front lines. Libya’s interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, pleaded Friday for Europe “to address the problem in a radical way — not to prevent migrants, but to provide jobs and investment in the migrants’ places of origin, as well as in southern Libya. so as to absorb these huge numbers willing and eager to migrate to Europe.” Within days of the airstrike, at least two boats filled with migrants sank off Libya’s coast, leaving around 140 people missing. Critics call such policies inhumane, heartless and “un-American.” More broadly, advocates for the huddled masses on the move say not enough is being done in the migrants’ home, transit or destination countries. Filippo Grandi, head of U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, said his office has a “dialogue” going with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and “if there is any help that we can provide to the U.S. administration in dealing with this matter, we’re ready to do it.” But he called for a regional discussion among countries like the United States — the destination for many — as well as transit country Mexico, and the troubled home countries for migrants and refugees such as El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, where gang killings and lawlessness are rife.

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Migrants left stranded in troubled resort as Mexico disperses them far from US border
2 days, 12 hours ago

Migrants left stranded in troubled resort as Mexico disperses them far from US border

Associated Press  

ACAPULCO, Mexico — About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border, while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in …

With Trump’s return looming, Mexico drops migrants in troubled Acapulco, dispersed far from U.S. border
2 days, 18 hours ago

With Trump’s return looming, Mexico drops migrants in troubled Acapulco, dispersed far from U.S. border

LA Times  

Migrants sleep on the side of a street in Acapulco, Mexico, on Monday. Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border, while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in any one place. The policy of “dispersion and exhaustion” has become …

Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target
4 days, 3 hours ago

Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — When Roselins Sequera’s family of seven finally reached the U.S. from Venezuela, they spent weeks at a migrant shelter on the Texas border that gave them a place to sleep, meals and tips for finding work. “But we didn’t know how.” Dozens of shelters run by aid groups on the U.S. border with Mexico have welcomed large …

Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target
4 days, 18 hours ago

Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump’s allies consider migrant shelters run by aid groups to be a magnet for illegal immigration. “But we didn’t know how.” Dozens of shelters run by aid groups on the U.S. border with Mexico have welcomed large numbers of migrants, providing lifelines of support and relief to overwhelmed cities. As part of that agenda, Trump’s incoming border czar, …

Migrants in Mexico anxious to enter US legally before Trump ends humanitarian programs
1 week, 2 days ago

Migrants in Mexico anxious to enter US legally before Trump ends humanitarian programs

Hindustan Times  

By Jose Torres Migrants in Mexico anxious to enter US legally before Trump ends humanitarian programs TACHULA, - Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the U.S. legally before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Trump plans to end President Joe Biden's …

Honduran migrants brace for crisis as Donald Trump administration eyes mass deportations
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Honduran migrants brace for crisis as Donald Trump administration eyes mass deportations

Live Mint  

As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. “We're praying for God's protection, because we don't expect anything from the government.” Now, as US President-elect Donald Trump …

As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for influx of vulnerable migrants
3 weeks, 3 days ago

As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for influx of vulnerable migrants

Hindustan Times  

As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. “We’re praying for God’s protection because we don’t expect anything from the government.” Now, as US President-elect Donald Trump …

Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries
1 month ago

Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Thursday she will ask President-elect Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries, rather than dumping them at the Mexican border. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she hopes to reach an agreement with Trump so that “they send people who come from other countries to their countries of origin.” Mexico, like any …

Mexico’s president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries
1 month ago

Mexico’s president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries

LA Times  

Mexico’s president said Thursday that she will ask President-elect Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries, rather than dumping them at the Mexican border. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she hopes to reach an agreement with Trump so that “they send people who come from other countries to their countries of origin.” Mexico, like any other country, …

At a camp in Mexico, migrants weigh the prospect of a second Trump term
1 month ago

At a camp in Mexico, migrants weigh the prospect of a second Trump term

Al Jazeera  

Santiago Niltepec, Mexico – Carlos Perez, a 30-year-old Colombian migrant from Bogota, was on track to reach the United States border with his wife and 11-year-old son by the new year. Speaking a day later from a temporary migrant camp in Santiago Niltepec, Perez expressed a fear that their injuries will cost them the chance to cross into the US …

Trump claims a win on immigration after a call with Mexico’s president. But she suggests no change
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump claims a win on immigration after a call with Mexico’s president. But she suggests no change

Associated Press  

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on Wednesday after talking with that country’s leader. Trump said Sheinbaum “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico.” Sheinbaum indicated separately on social media that she told Trump that Mexico is already “taking care of” migrant caravans, calling it an “excellent conversation.” “We reiterate …

Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump

Hindustan Times  

* Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump Sheinbaum to propose humanistic approach to Trump on migration * Mexico's trade ties with U.S. face challenges under Trump * Sheinbaum optimistic about ties despite deportation concerns By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, - Mexico's new president outlined a delicate balancing act on Wednesday, stressing the need to work …

Trump victory spurs worry among migrants abroad, but it’s not expected to halt migration
2 months ago

Trump victory spurs worry among migrants abroad, but it’s not expected to halt migration

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election instantly changed calculations for millions of migrants or potential migrants across the globe. Migrants take cover from the rain after arriving at a makeshift shelter in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, hoping to reach the country’s northern border and ultimately the United States. Migrants gather …

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. “All of us here are hard-working human beings, we’re fighters,” said Laydi Sierra, a Venezuelan migrant …

Associated Press images of migrants’ struggle are recognized with a Pulitzer Prize
8 months ago

Associated Press images of migrants’ struggle are recognized with a Pulitzer Prize

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The images, captured by Associated Press photographers throughout 2023 and recognized Monday with a Pulitzer Prize, spotlight the humanity of an unprecedented global migration story often overlooked in a storm of statistics and political rhetoric. On Monday, eight AP staff and freelance photographers – six from Latin America and two from the U.S. – were awarded this …

US delegation meets with Mexico’s government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp
1 year ago

US delegation meets with Mexico’s government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river Wednesday as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Segismundo Doguín, the head of the local office of Mexico’s immigration agency, said, “What we are doing is …

US-Mexico border crossings: Mayorkas describes ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis
1 year ago

US-Mexico border crossings: Mayorkas describes ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis

CNN  

CNN — Senior US officials held a “very productive meeting” with their Mexican counterparts Wednesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said, as Washington seeks help from Mexico City to drive down southern border crossings that have placed increasing pressure on President Joe Biden. “The regional challenge of migration requires regional solutions and we appreciate Mexico’s commitment to continue its …

Northern Mexico: More than 11,000 migrants waiting amid border surge
1 year ago

Northern Mexico: More than 11,000 migrants waiting amid border surge

CNN  

CNN — While thousands of migrants enter the US illegally every day, more than 11,000 people continue to wait in shelters and camps on the Mexican side of the border, CNN has learned from community leaders. The waiting migrants feel “desperate,” according to Cañas – but many have put trust in mechanisms like the CBP One app, which automates scheduling …

2 Central American migrants found dead in Mexico after trying to board a moving train
1 year, 3 months ago

2 Central American migrants found dead in Mexico after trying to board a moving train

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Two migrants from Honduras and El Salvador died Wednesday trying to board a moving train in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, authorities said. A sudden surge of migrants last week triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said …

US-Mexico border is world’s deadliest land route for migrants: IOM
1 year, 3 months ago

US-Mexico border is world’s deadliest land route for migrants: IOM

Al Jazeera  

UN agency records at least 686 deaths, disappearances in 2022 during record-breaking year for fatalities in Americas. The United States-Mexico border is the world’s deadliest land route for migrants, the International Organization for Migration says, with at least 686 deaths and disappearances recorded there last year. The Biden administration also has opened so-called “safe mobility” centres in Latin America to …

Body found caught in anti-migrant barriers on Rio Grande river, Mexico says
1 year, 5 months ago

Body found caught in anti-migrant barriers on Rio Grande river, Mexico says

The Telegraph  

The Mexican government said on Wednesday that a dead body had been found caught in the controversial floating barriers installed by Texas to stop migrants crossing into the United States. US authorities informed Mexico that “they found the body of a lifeless person stuck in the southern part of the buoys” on the Rio Grande river near Eagle Pass, the …

Is Mexico doing the US’s ‘dirty work’ when it comes to migration?
1 year, 7 months ago

Is Mexico doing the US’s ‘dirty work’ when it comes to migration?

CNN  

CNN — Marilyn Lomas had finally made it. But the enforcement has been chaotic, sporadic and, in the words of a former top Mexican official, “inefficient.” Tonatiuh Guillén was commissioner of Mexico’s National Migration Institute until 2019. Asked whether Mexico was doing the United States’ dirty work when it comes to immigration policy, Guillén said that “Mexico’s migration policy is …

‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family’s journey to the US
1 year, 7 months ago

‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family’s journey to the US

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — When Luis López was lost in Panama’s Darien Gap last year with his wife, then seven months pregnant, their two young children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them. “The border and what happens at the border is not the cause of the problem associated with immigration, …

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect
1 year, 7 months ago

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of new regulations adopted …

‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

The US is seeing an influx of migrants at its southern border with Mexico as a pandemic-era policy came to an end this week. “The question keeps coming up: ‘What now?’ I’ve been asking that question for two years, with no answers,” Nicholls said. “We are at a situation we’ve never been at before.” ‘It may not be enough’ Leaders …

Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border as migration policy Title 42 draws to an end
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border as migration policy Title 42 draws to an end

ABC  

Thousands of migrants in Mexico have been clambering onto dangerous freight trains rumbling northward in a scramble to reach the US border by the time the United States ends a tough migration policy. Migrants trying to reach the United States walk by a border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as seen from El Paso, Texas. "There are hundreds of people …

Biden mulls screeching Uturn to fend off migrants in Trump-style policy like one he REJECTED in 2020
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden mulls screeching Uturn to fend off migrants in Trump-style policy like one he REJECTED in 2020

Daily Mail  

Joe Biden has finalized Trump-style plans to stop illegal migrants flooding into the U.S less than 48 hours before Title 42 expires - and as thousands more are seen streaming across the border from Mexico. Video shot along the Mexican border at Matamoros, which neighbors Brownsville, Texas, shows hundreds of people risking their lives as they cross the Rio Grande …

Biden: US-Mexico border will be ‘chaotic for a while’
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden: US-Mexico border will be ‘chaotic for a while’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden predicted Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border would be “chaotic for a while” when pandemic-related restrictions end, as 550 active-duty troops began arriving and migrants weighed whether or when to cross. “It’s going to be chaotic for a while.” Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke for roughly an hour Tuesday to discuss the …

Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

Associated Press  

MATAMOROS, Mexico — About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the Biden administration increasingly relies on that country to host people fleeing poverty and violence. The fires were set …

Mexican President vows 'no impunity' for migrants' fire deaths
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican President vows 'no impunity' for migrants' fire deaths

The Hindu  

Mexico's President vowed Wednesday there would be "no impunity" for those found responsible for the death by fire of 38 migrants at a detention center. "We will not hide anything and there will be no impunity," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his daily press briefing after the disaster at a detention center near the border late Monday. Video surveillance …

Editorial: Migrant deaths at Mexican detention center symbolize failed immigration policies
1 year, 9 months ago

Editorial: Migrant deaths at Mexican detention center symbolize failed immigration policies

LA Times  

Police officers carry an injured migrant following a fire that killed and injured dozens of migrants, in the immigration station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, on March 28. The deaths of at least 39 migrants at a Mexican detention center near the U.S.-Mexico border this week shows that immigration policies in Mexico and the U.S. are failing miserably in addressing …

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates
1 year, 9 months ago

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates

Al Jazeera  

Ciudad Juarez blaze that killed at least 38 migrants comes amid increasingly restrictive policies at US-Mexico border. US Customs and Border Protection has been allowing people to seek asylum at a US port of entry only after they secure an appointment through a mobile app that immigrant rights groups say is “unreliable”. “It is just a mountain of countries that …

In search of healthcare, a child joins mass migration to Chile
1 year, 10 months ago

In search of healthcare, a child joins mass migration to Chile

Al Jazeera  

Colchane, Chile – Allyson’s breathing grows heavier as she advances along the informal border crossing, making her way across the vast, high-altitude wetland where Bolivia fades into Chile. Accustomed to living with an illness that afflicts her lungs, the 5-year-old girl speaks in a low, gravelly voice that almost sounds adult: “We came to Chile for my surgery and work.” …

Understanding the surge in migration at the US-Mexico border
2 years ago

Understanding the surge in migration at the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Rising number of migrant and refugee arrivals is problem decades in the making and made worse by US policy, experts say. US Customs and Border Protection reported more than 2.2 million migrant “encounters” during the 2022 fiscal year, which ran from October 2021 to the end of September 2022. US President Joe Biden, who has tried to reverse some of …

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies
2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ___ Migrants have been denied the right to seek …

El Paso grapples with surge of migrants, braces for more
2 years ago

El Paso grapples with surge of migrants, braces for more

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Authorities in El Paso, Texas, described a humanitarian crisis Thursday as they grapple with the daily release of roughly 1,600 migrants to local shelters and the streets of the border city amid preparations for even larger flows if Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week as scheduled. El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser told a news conference that …

US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico
2 years, 2 months ago

US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — Jose Maria Garcia Lara got a call asking if his shelter had room for a dozen Venezuelan migrants who were among the first expelled to Mexico under an expanded U.S. policy that denies rights to seek asylum. The U.S. expelled Venezuelans to Tijuana and four other Mexican border cities since Wednesday, said Jeremy MacGillivray, deputy director of …

‘Tale of two borders': Mexicans not seen at busy crossings
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Tale of two borders': Mexicans not seen at busy crossings

Associated Press  

YUMA, Ariz. — As hundreds of migrants line up along an Arizona border wall around 4 a.m., agents try to separate them into groups by nationality. Mexicans still account for 7 of every 10 encounters in the Border Patrol’s Tucson, Arizona, sector, where smugglers order them to walk at night with black-painted water jugs, camouflage backpacks and boots with carpeted …

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas trailer come to Mexico
2 years, 5 months ago

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas trailer come to Mexico

LA Times  

People carry the remains of Jair Valencia Olivares, Misael Olivares and Yovani Valencia Olivares for a funeral Mass in San Marcos Atexquilapan in Mexico’s Veracruz state on Thursday. After days of preparation and donations to cover funeral costs, this mountain community in eastern Mexico on Thursday mourned the return of three young cousins among the 53 migrants who died last …

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
2 years, 6 months ago

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS, Honduras — Children set out hoping to earn enough to support their siblings and parents. “You think that when people have a higher level of education, they have to get more employment opportunities,” said Karen Caballero, the brothers’ mother. The boys had grown up friends and did everything together: playing, going out, even planning to go to the …

DC EDIT | Texas horror an eye-opener
2 years, 6 months ago

DC EDIT | Texas horror an eye-opener

Deccan Chronicle  

The gruesome end that at least 51 illegal migrants met with in super-hot conditions inside a packed trailer on a secluded road near San Antonio, Texas came in one of the biggest tragedies to strike criminal human trafficking near the US-Mexico border. It is a microcosm of the world’s problem of the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor, …

Column: Unending deaths of migrants, driven by desperation and U.S. border policies
2 years, 6 months ago

Column: Unending deaths of migrants, driven by desperation and U.S. border policies

LA Times  

Police and onlookers at the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in southwestern San Antonio on Monday. Greg Abbott blamed the deaths on what he falsely characterized as President Biden’s “open border policies,” even though Trump’s most draconian border policies, “Remain in Mexico” and Title 42, a pandemic-related law used to expel migrants, are still …

Photos: US-bound migrant caravan set to trek through Mexico
2 years, 7 months ago

Photos: US-bound migrant caravan set to trek through Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants and refugees began receiving temporary Mexican visas as they prepared to continue their trek towards the United States. They had set up a temporary camp on a basketball court in the southern Mexican town of Huixtla, some 40km from where they began their journey close to the Guatemala border. Immigration authorities in Huixtla began slowly …

Mexico relocates migrant camp; Haitians appear at border
2 years, 8 months ago

Mexico relocates migrant camp; Haitians appear at border

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have relocated a migrant camp that sprung up in a park in the border city of Reynosa, moving about 2,000 people from Central American and Haiti to a shelter in the city, across the border from McAllen, Texas. But on Monday, people in another border city, Nuevo Laredo, said hundreds of migrants, …

For many asylum-seekers, flying to Mexico is ticket to US
2 years, 10 months ago

For many asylum-seekers, flying to Mexico is ticket to US

Associated Press  

SOMERTON, Ariz. — Seated on a metal folding chair in the front row among dozens of asylum-seekers awaiting COVID tests in Arizona, Gloria Estela Vallora reaped the benefits of her Colombian passport. Mexico’s Interior Department said the latest move responded to a tenfold increase in Venezuelans traveling “in an irregular manner to a third country,” a clear reference to the …

EXPLAINER: What is the revived US policy on Mexico border?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What is the revived US policy on Mexico border?

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration on Monday reinstated a Trump-era policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, seeking to comply with a court order and agreeing to changes and additions demanded by Mexico. About 70,000 asylum-seekers have been forced to wait in Mexico for U.S. hearings under the policy that President Donald Trump …

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico
3 years, 2 months ago

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico

The Independent  

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Haitians heading to US change plans, ready to wait in Mexico
3 years, 3 months ago

Haitians heading to US change plans, ready to wait in Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As U.S. authorities moved out the last of the …

Feeling trapped, migrants’ fears grow in Mexican border city
3 years, 3 months ago

Feeling trapped, migrants’ fears grow in Mexican border city

Associated Press  

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico — After more than a week at this crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border, Haitian migrant Nelson Saintil felt like the walls were beginning to close in on him and his family. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute has not provided numbers on how many migrants have been moved from Ciudad Acuña in recent days. “It is the new United …

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next
3 years, 3 months ago

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

NPR  

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next Enlarge this image toggle caption Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images We've been following the story of thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, camping out under a bridge in a Texas border town. The Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition said it's helped …

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