Nearly all Haitians reach the US border on a well-worn route: Fly to Brazil, Chile or elsewhere in South America.
Nearly all Haitians reach the US border on a well-worn route: Fly to Brazil, Chile or elsewhere in South America. If jobs dry up, slowly move through Central America and Mexico by bus and on foot to wait — perhaps years — in northern border cities like Tijuana for the right time to enter the United States and claim asylum. Earlier this year, large numbers showed up in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to cross into El Paso, Texas. The US is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America's swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.
A Haitian migrant carries a child while wading across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on Sept. 19. Of the roughly 1.8 million Haitians living outside their homeland, the United States is home to the largest Haitian immigrant population in the world, numbering 705,000 people from the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, AP reported.(Felix Marquez / AP)
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Migrants, many from Haiti, attempt to cross the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on September 19. Many Haitians began attempting to enter the US in the 1980s by sea. Most of them were cut off by the Coast Guard and perhaps given a cursory screening for asylum eligibility, David FitgGerald, a sociology professor at the University of California, San Diego told AP.(Felix Marquez / AP)
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Haitian men struggle with Mexican immigration officials after being detained in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila state, Mexico, on September 20. Tens of thousands of Haitians fled after a devastating earthquake in 2010 to settle in South America. After jobs dried up from the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, many came to Tijuana. President Barack Obama initially allowed them in the US on humanitarian grounds but abruptly began flying them back to Haiti, leaving many stranded on the Mexican border.(Paul Ratje / AFP)
Pierre Charles (C), a Haitian deported from the US shares a motorcycle taxi with a fellow deportee, after leaving the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port au Prince, Haiti, on September 20. Many Haitians have established at least temporary legal status in Mexico, Brazil and elsewhere. Some have spouses or children from their adopted countries.(Rodrigo Abd / AP)
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Mexican army soldiers patrol the street in Ciudad Acuña, on September 20. Over the years Haitians have found work at border factories built for US exports and at car washes. One hardscrabble neighbourhood is now known as “Little Haiti" because so many settled there.(Felix Marquez / AP)
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A Afghan Red Crescent rescue worker seen sifting through the destruction and rubble after a 6.3 earthquake struck Afghanistan's Balkh province on Monday
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Sheinelle Jones wowed in an all-white ensemble, channeling Neyonce's iconic style during NBC's Today Show Halloween celebration. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
