Tag: Del Rio

American Airlines to Drop Services in 3 Cities Due to Pilot Shortage and Soft Demand

American Airlines will drop service in three cities starting this Spring because of pilot shortages and sluggish demand. “In response to the regional pilot shortage affecting the airline industry and soft demand, American Airlines has made the difficult decision to end service in Columbus, Georgia (CSG), Del Rio, Texas (DRT), and Long Beach, California (LGB)…


Illegal Immigrant Child Abandoned by Mother Found at Texas Riverbank: CBP

Texas Border Patrol Agents discovered a missing juvenile on a riverbank who had been abandoned by his mother, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Monday. CBP said that its Del Rio Sector received a notification from the Guatemalan Consulate about a missing child on Nov. 30, along with a possible location, a picture of…


US Reopens Border Crossing in Texas After Clearing Immigrant Camp

The United States on Saturday reopened a border crossing in Texas after shutting it down because thousands of illegal immigrants streamed into the area. The immigrants crossed the Rio Grande River and entered Del Rio, a small Texas border city. Some 30,000 were encountered between Sept. 9 and Sept. 24, according to the Department of…


Biden Condemns Images of Border Patrol Agents on Horseback: ‘Those People Will Pay’

President Joe Biden says he takes full responsibility for the chaos at the U.S. southern border and vows the border patrol officers photographed dispersing migrants while on horseback “will pay” in his first public address of the situation Friday. The Biden administration announced the suspension of horse patrols in Del Rio Thursday amid an ongoing…


Deportation Flights to Haiti Ramp Up, Horse Patrols Suspended in Del Rio

The Biden Administration offered new data Thursday on how many Haitian nationals are being processed at the U.S. southern border near Del Rio, Texas, and returned to Haiti in repatriation flights, but it’s still not clear how many have been allowed into the U.S. interior. The administration also says it is suspending its use of…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 23)

A shooting at a Tennessee supermarket kills one and injures dozens of others, operations using horses in Del Rio, Texas are suspended amid accusations that border agents were whipping migrants with their reins, and the New York health commissioner is stepping down after his heavy involvement in Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home scandal.


Experts: Del Rio Bridge Shantytown Could Cause Outbreak of COVID-19, Other Diseases

The squalid illegal immigrant shantytown under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas—where thousands of Haitians have gathered in recent days—will likely lead to an outbreak of COVID-19 and other transmissible diseases, say experts. Stark images captured from the scene showed throngs of Haitian illegal aliens in makeshift camps made from plastic bags, tarps, scrap lumber,…


DHS Looking to Hire Private Contractor ‘Fluent in Haitian Creole’ for Guantánamo Bay Migrant Operations Center

The Biden administration is looking to hire a private contractor to provide security officers to oversee a Migrant Operations Center at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, according to a recent government advertisement. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a continuing need to contract for services to provide unarmed custody and security officers to provide…


Hospital Strained by Influx of Illegal Immigrants: Del Rio Mayor

DEL RIO, Texas—The flood of illegal immigrants that has crossed over the Rio Grande River since mid-September is straining the hospital and other resources in this small Texas border city. Del Rio has a population of about 35,000. Some 16,000 illegal aliens have entered the city in the past week or so, according to Texas…


Border Patrol Official Says White House Is Perpetuating False Narrative Amid Reports of Haitian Migrants Being ‘Whipped’

A top Border Patrol official has accused Jen Psaki and the White House of “perpetuating the narrative that police are bad” and pushing incorrect information after the press secretary responded to reports that border agents in Del Rio have been “whipping” Haitian migrants who’ve gathered there in recent days. Speaking to The Epoch Times, Border Patrol agent…