At least 400 agents will go to the border to execute the plan to expel thousands of Haitians

The Government assured this Saturday that it plans to send hundreds of agents to the area of ​​Del Rio, Texas, in the next three days, as well as increase the number of deportation flights of migrants, the majority Haitians, crowded there.

Specifically, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will send

400 agents

to the area in the next 24-48 hours.

And if necessary will send more.

The announcement is part of a six-point strategy that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this Saturday, following the sudden arrival of

thousands of Haitians.

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Authorities estimate that more than 13,000 migrants are crammed under the Del Rio border crossing bridge in subhuman conditions, fleeing their country, ravaged by poverty,

political instability

after the assassination of its president and the recent earthquake.

The strategy includes:

• The transfer of migrants from this area to others.

  DHS said it moved about 2,000 migrants from Del Rio to other locations on Friday for processing and possible removal from the country.

• The government is putting pressure on these countries, and those in transit, to accept people who resided there before.

• The White House directed the relevant agencies to work with the Government of Haiti and other regional governments to provide assistance and support to the returnees.

Migrants denounce subhuman conditions

The authorities claim to be taking a series of measures to guarantee the safety and health of people while they wait to be processed - such as the presence of emergency technicians and the supply of water, towels and bathrooms.

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States on the Rio Grande, in Del Rio, Texas, near the International Bridge between Mexico and the United States, where they await to be processed, on Friday, September 17, 2021. REUTERS / Go Nakamura

However, migrants denounce the precarious conditions in which they find themselves.

"Yes, I am afraid [of being in this situation],

I am very afraid

, but I am following the path so that nothing happens to me" and to be able to reach the United States, a Haitian migrant who did not give his name told Noticias Telemundo.

The

piles of garbage that accumulate

are more than 10 feet wide and at least two women have given birth under these circumstances, including one who tested positive for COVID-19 after being taken to a hospital, the Val County judge said. Verde, Lewis Owens, the area's top elected official whose jurisdiction includes Del Rio.

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The subhuman conditions in which they all live put many to the limit.

“You pee anywhere, you relieve yourself anywhere.

If you bother with one, 7,000 will look at you.

So

we

Venezuelans and Cubans

are quite scared

, ”a Venezuelan migrant who spoke anonymously explained to Noticias Telemundo.

Migrants, mostly Haitians, crowded under a border bridge increase to 12,000

Sept.

17, 202103: 11

This is "horrible," said Mairiani Busardo, from Venezuela, on his side. There is "thirsty, no food,

the children cry

, there are many mosquitoes [mosquitoes], some faint," he explained while holding a girl in the Rio Grande. .

Increase in deportation flights

An official who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press news agency said there will be between five and eight flights a day.

San Antonio, the closest major city to Del Rio, could be one of the main departure points for planes.

Another Administration official who also spoke under anonymity said, for his part, that he expected two flights a day at most and stated that all migrants will be tested for COVID-19.

US authorities closed vehicle and pedestrian traffic in both directions at the border crossing between Del Rio and the Mexican city of Ciudad Acuña after chaos broke out on Friday.

With information from AP.