More than 10,000 migrants — mostly from Haiti — have formed a makeshift camp under a bridge that connects Texas and Mexico after crossing the southern border.
. The migrants represent a new border emergency for the Biden administration, which is already struggling to welcome tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees.Some migrants told the Post that they are crossing the border because "conditions are too hard in Haiti."
Several of the arriving migrants are Haitians who left the country following the 2010 earthquake, with many deciding to go to Brazil and other South American countries, the Post notes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection told the Post in a statement that it is temporarily holding the migrants in a shaded area under the Del Rio International Bridge to "prevent injuries from heat-related illness ... while migrants wait to be taken into USBP custody."there were 10,503 people as of 6:45 p.m. Thursday, up from around 8,200 in the morning.
More than 29,000 Haitian migrants entered the U.S.
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