Tag: Haiti

US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians but DHS Refuses to Say How Many Released Into America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported over 1,000 Haitians who streamed into this small border city, but officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly built up under the international bridge near the border last week, at one point topping…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians But DHS Declines to Say How Many Released in America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported more than 1,000 Haitians who streamed into the small border city of Del Rio, Texas, although officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly grew under the international bridge near the border last week, at…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians But DHS Declines to Say How Many Released Into America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported more than 1,000 Haitians who streamed into the small border city of Del Rio, Texas, although officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly grew under the international bridge near the border last week, at…


Texas Border Patrol Agents Discover Hotel Room Packed With Illegal Immigrants Waiting to Be Smuggled Into US

Texas Border Patrol agents last week discovered 16 illegal immigrants in a hotel room who claimed they were waiting to be smuggled further into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents received a tip-off on Sept. 17 that a hotel in Edinburg was being…


McCarthy Calls for National Guard to Help Cope With Del Rio Illegal Immigrant Surge

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has urged President Joe Biden to deploy the National Guard to help deal with the illegal immigrant surge along the southern border, insisting the situation is a national security crisis and blaming the Biden administration for a “failed response.” McCarthy made the remarks in a Sept. 17 statement that came…


US Airlifts Aid to Haiti to Reach Areas Hardest Hit by Quake

JEREMIE, Haiti—U.S. military aircraft are now ferrying food, tarps, and other material into southern Haiti amid a shift in the international relief effort to focus on helping people in the areas hardest hit by the recent earthquake to make it through the hurricane season. Aircraft flying out of the capital, Port-au-Prince, arrived throughout the day…


US Pledges More Aid to Earthquake Victims in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—The United States pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haiti’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake Thursday, as the country’s interim prime minister defended his government’s response. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said the U.S. government had learned from the 2010 Haiti earthquake and said USAID was coordinating closely with the…


Haiti Raises Earthquake Death Toll, Passes 2,200

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that the toll from this month’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake has grown to 2,207, with 344 people still missing. The previous figure had been 2,189 on Wednesday. The agency said via Twitter that 12,268 people were injured and nearly 53,000 houses were destroyed by the Aug. 14 quake. The…


Death Toll From Haiti’s Weekend Earthquake Rises to 1,941

LES CAYES, Haiti—Haitian officials raised the death toll from a deadly weekend earthquake by more than 500 on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to search and rescue efforts, a delay that fed growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless. Grace battered southwestern Haiti, which was hit hardest by…


Tropical Storm Drenching Earthquake-Stricken Haiti

LES CAYES, Haiti—Tropical Storm Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains just two days after a powerful earthquake battered the impoverished Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries, or found themselves homeless and forcing overwhelmed hospitals and rescuers to act quickly. Heavy rain and strong winds overnight whipped…