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U.S. authorities accelerate removal of Haitian asylum-seekers from Texas-Mexico border

Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have gathered under a bridge in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, where officials have declared a local state of emergency. The crisis has spotlighted Biden’s continued use of a Trump-era deportation policy, and highlights the growing migration crisis triggered by multiple recent tragedies in Haiti. Texas Public Radio’s Joey Palacios reports from the scene in Del Rio.

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