Deportation flights stepped up for migrants stranded at Texas bridge

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The Department of Homeland Security says it is responding to the more than 10,000 migrants sheltering in increasingly poor conditions under the Del Rio bridge in Texas.

Migrants wait on the Rio Grande to cross to the United States, in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila state, Mexico, 18 September 2021.The United States said it would ramp up deportation flights for thousands of migrants who flooded into the Texas border city of Del Rio, as authorities scramble to alleviate a burgeoning crisis for President Joe Biden's administration.

The port of entry at Del Rio has been temporarily closed, and traffic is being rerouted to relieve the bottlenecks that had formed at the bridge. Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales meanwhile tweeted that "we're seeing the situation rapidly deteriorate in real time." Border authorities have been overwhelmed by the number of migrants crossing from Mexico seeking admittance to the United States, as well as an influx of migrants from Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of that country.

"10,503 illegal aliens are under this bridge tonight because Joe Biden made a political decision to cancel deportation flights to Haiti," Cruz tweeted on Thursday. Many come from South America, where they may have migrated years ago, especially after the country's January 2010 earthquake.

 

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