"I promise you they will pay," Biden says of border agents for his action against immigrants in Del Rio.

The president, Joe Biden, described this Friday as "horrible" the treatment received by Haitian migrants at the Texas border, who were tried to prevent the passage by agents on horseback with aggressive tactics.

"I promise you that they will pay," he assured at a press conference.

In the Del Rio camp, where up to 15,000 immigrants were gathered a few days ago while waiting to request asylum in the United States, there are only 225 left this morning, according to Val Verde County Judge Lewis Owens. news The Associated Press.

Shortly after, the last migrants were transferred by bus, leaving the camp empty, according to Noticias Telemundo.

“It is more than a shame.

It is dangerous.

It's a mistake.

It's just not who we are "

Joe Biden US President

The Customs and Border Control Service (ICE) has deported thousands of people to the Caribbean island in recent days, mostly adults who arrived alone;

Families with children have been able to enter the country in many cases and request asylum, while others have decided to try it in Mexico or return to the South American countries from where the majority traveled to the US border.

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"An immigrant does not deserve that": Haitians attacked by agents on horseback describe what they experienced

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A US border patrol agent on horseback grabs the shirt of a migrant trying to return to the United States along the Rio Grande on Sept. 19.Daniel Becerril / REUTERS

Violent actions by the Border Patrol to prevent their passage, captured by a photographer for the Reuters news agency, led to the temporary suspension of horse patrols in Del Rio, and generated strong criticism even within the Biden administration itself.

Biden's special envoy to Haiti, Daniel Foote, also resigned in protest at the "inhumane" expulsions.

The Border Patrol union, however, assured that there are no suspended agents and denied that illegal actions were carried out.

"

They did nothing wrong

at that moment, no immigrant was harmed, no use of force was used," Héctor Garza, vice president of the union, told Noticias Telemundo on Thursday.

Mexican authorities violently dismantle a new migrant caravan in Chiapas

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Under the international bridge between Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, precarious homes and families with young children could still be seen this morning wandering among garbage bags and plastic bottles. 

The Government has planned

seven deportation flights to Haiti for this Friday, another six on Saturday and seven more on Sunday

.

Thousands of migrants have been released on US soil with notices that they must appear in court or appear before immigration authorities.

The Department of Homeland Security has not specified how many are in this condition, but indicated that they are "vulnerable" people, which involves pregnant women and those with children in the United States, as well as those who must be released in the event of failure. capacity in detention centers due to the pandemic. 

"That they return to us is a pittance," says a Haitian immigrant on the US-Mexico border.

Sept.

20, 202102: 12

Thousands have returned to Mexico, where they face a lack of food, water and can be easy prey for organized crime. 

In Ciudad Acuña, across the Rio Grande from Del Río, the camp was reduced from a few thousand to hundreds after Mexican security forces surrounded it Thursday morning.

The Mexican police and the National Guard also

searched the city, with rifles and flashlights, for Haitians

who were staying in hotels and squares, sowing fear among the migrants. 

"If they send me to Haiti, I don't have anyone there to help me," a father who was holding a piece of glass told BuzzFeed News to prevent Mexican authorities from entering a hotel room where his family was. .

"

I can't go back,

" he remarked.

Haitian migrant camp in Mexico dismantled as Texas shields its border

Sept.

23, 202103: 10

Mexican authorities are faced with the dilemma of what to do with the families on their side of the Rio Grande.

Francisco Garduño Yáñez, commissioner of the National Migration Institute of Mexico, said this week that they will transport Haitians "by air and by land" back to the southern border of the country, so that those who have requested asylum can "continue their process." in the Mexican states where they first presented their cases.

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The Mexican authorities will also support them with "their safe return to their country of origin," he said, although he did not offer details, according to The Washington Post newspaper.