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【Global Network Report】Comprehensive "Russia Today" (RT) and "New York Times" reported that on September 16, local time, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti and other countries were stranded and gathered near a bridge on the Border between the United States and Mexico in Texas, and the scene picture was very amazing.
Refugees gathered at the U.S.-Mexico Border Bridge.
Photographs of the scene showed refugees trapped in makeshift camps, with clothes and sheets laid out in open spaces under the bridge holes for rest, and only a few tents in the crowd. According to the New York Times, the bridge is located between Del Rio, Texas, and the Mexican city of Acuña, and refugees mainly come from Latin American countries such as Haiti. Del Rio Mayor Lozano said the camp was in terrible condition, like a shantytown with a lack of drinking water and food, and only a few simple toilets.
Refugees gather near the bridge.
RT said U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz posted a video about the region on Twitter, taking the opportunity to attack Biden and his administration's handling of the border issue. "There were 10,503 people under the bridge behind me. This is a crisis that is playing out. He said in the video.
Cruz said the number of migrants increased more than 10-fold in a week as a result of the White House's recent decision to suspend the deportation of Haitian refugees. "700 people became 10,503 people, which is a disaster ... It was a consequence of political decisions that Joe Biden could end tomorrow by simply abiding by the law and resuming deportation flights. ”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also ordered a ban on drones flying over the U.S.-Mexico border bridge to prevent media from capturing aerial footage showing the scene, RT said. According to reports, the FAA issued a notice on the evening of the 16th local time, announcing the establishment of a two-week drone no-fly zone over the Del Rio Bridge in southern Texas on the grounds of "special safety reasons".
While the FAA's initial notice only mentioned vague "security" concerns, a statement obtained by Fox News said the no-fly zone was set up at the request of the U.S. Border Patrol, which claimed drones "interfered with law enforcement flights on the border." However, the agency added that media outlets may be able to apply for exemptions to continue using drones in the area.
The New York Times said the number of refugees in the camp had skyrocketed in the recent week. Local U.S. officials say thousands more people are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border river into the U.S. in the coming days. The video shows that the border river is only knee-deep, and dark-skinned refugees carrying packages and dragging their families ashore.
U.S.-Mexico Border River.
The governor of Texas criticized the federal government for being slow to respond to the surge in refugee flows at the border, and "the federal government was completely in a panic, dealing with border issues as badly as evacuating Afghanistan." According to The New York Times, the number of illegal immigrants in the southwestern border area of the United States has surged in recent months, showing a rare wave of refugees in nearly 20 years, with more than 200,000 illegal immigrants trying to cross the border into the United States in August alone. Haitians make up the vast majority of them, local officials say, and the country experienced a spate of presidential assassinations and a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in July.