Some Haitians at U.S. border released, others deported as pressure builds on Biden

FILE PHOTO: Migrants shelter in a makeshift camp near the border with the U.S., in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) - Amid deteriorating conditions in migrant camps on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. authorities on Wednesday tried to deal with thousands of the mostly Haitian migrants that have gathered, releasing some in south Texas while deporting others on flights.

Wade McMullen, an attorney with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization said several hundred people, mostly pregnant women and parents with children, had been released in Del Rio, Texas over the past several days, straining resources at a local volunteer-run welcome center. The center does not have overnight capacity, he said.