Photos show Haitian migrants swimming through Mexico to avoid deportation by US authorities

• Some 14,000 mostly Haitian migrants settled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Friday.
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Photos taken between Friday September 17 and Monday September 20 show Haitian migrants trying to overcome the humanitarian crisis on the border between the United States and Mexico.

Some of the 14,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, who found themselves in Del Rio, Texas, seeking asylum following a massive earthquake and the assassination of the Haitian president, began returning Monday to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, to avoid being deported by the United States. .

Thousands of migrants had settled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, in the heat where basic necessities such as food, water and toilets were scarce.

President Joe Biden, who had ended some of Trump’s immigration policies, leading migrants to believe the United States was more open to migrants, has started deporting migrants to Haiti, The New York Times reported.