"Right now, we have no official access to understand what processes are underway, what protections are being provided for the migrants."On Wednesday, more than 300 migrants had been dropped off in Border Patrol vans by early afternoon at a welcome center staffed by the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition. Kennedy Human Rights, who was in Del Rio. In recent days.The Biden administration exempts unaccompanied children from expulsion flights on humanitarian grounds.The system is a "black box," said Wade McMullen, an attorney with Robert F. Authorities have declined to say how many have been released in the U.S. Greg Abbott, during a visit Tuesday to Del Rio, said the county's top official told him the most recent tally was about 8,600 migrants. Official not authorized to discuss operations said there were seven daily flights to Haiti planned starting Wednesday.Ten flights arrived in Haiti from Sunday to Tuesday in planes designed for 135 passengers, according to Haitian officials, who didn't provide a complete count but said six of those flights carried 713 migrants combined.The camp held more than 14,000 people over the weekend, according to some estimates.She felt "very happy to be in this country, to be free."Jimy Fenelon, 25, and his partner, Elyrose Prophete, who is eight months pregnant, left the camp Tuesday and were headed to Florida to stay with an uncle."Everyone has their luck. We will help you get to another place."Rabbiatu Yunusah, 34, waited with her 3-year-old daughter Laila, was headed to settle with an uncle in Huntsville, Alabama. There are not many options. You have arrived in Del Rio, Texas. How are you?" volunteer Lupita De La Paz greeted them in Spanish. Many were required to wear ankle monitors, used to ensure they obey instructions to report to immigration authorities."Hello.Have been families with young children and pregnant women.Wilgens Jean and his wife, Junia Michel, waited in Del Rio this week for relatives to send the $439 in bus fare to get to Springfield, Ohio, where Jean's brother lives. The vast majority of immigrants he and other advocates have interviewed and who have been released into the U.S. Democrats are expressing outrage after images went viral this week of Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics against the migrants.The NPR Politics Podcast Biden Faces Scrutiny Over Surge of Haitian MigrantsImmigrants have described a screening process at the camp where people were given colored tickets for four categories: single men single women pregnant women and families with young children, McMullen said. Republicans say Biden administration policies led Haitians to believe they would get asylum. Border, signaling a new level of support for the United States as the camp presented President Joe Biden with a humanitarian and increasingly political challenge.The White House is facing sharp bipartisan condemnation. "Individuals and families are subject to border restrictions, including expulsion."Meanwhile, Mexico has begun busing and flying Haitian migrants away from the U.S.He will take any job he can find to support his growing family.Veillard and his wife left Haiti four years ago and had been living in Brazil until they began their journey to the United States in June, much of it on foot."I don't know how I'm going to feel tomorrow but now I feel lucky," he said. "Immigration gave me a ticket."After an initial stay with family in San Antonio, Veillard eventually hopes to get to New York City to live with his sister. Jean said because his wife is expecting, they were released from the camp on Monday."I entered by crossing the river," Jean said. The pair left in Haiti in April and were in the Del Rio camp for five days. Her only request was for sunscreen that she softly rubbed on her pregnant belly.On the concrete in front of them lay two backpacks and a black garbage bag which held everything the couple owns.
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