The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security stated on Sunday that the majority of Haitian migrants who recently crossed the Mexican border to Del Rio, Texas, have been released into the United States, with possibly more to follow.
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The secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security stated on Sunday that the majority of Haitian migrants who recently crossed the
Mexican border to
Del Rio , Texas, have been released into the United States, with possibly more to follow.
Nearly 12,400 people so far have had their cases heard by immigration judges, and around 5,000 more are still being processed by DHS.
"Approximately, I think it's about 10,000 or so, 12,000," DHS Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas told
Fox News Sunday, adding that the number could go up as the 5,000 other cases are processed.
Citing Department of Justice data,
Fox News host Chris Wallace suggested that 44% of migrants released into the U.S. miss court appearances, raising questions about the Biden administration's handling of the cases of thousands of Asylum seekers.
The DHS secretary also took questions concerning the Biden administration's continued narrative that border agents were whipping people attempting to cross the border despite conflicting
information and a denial from the head of the National Border Patrol Council.
The whipping narrative
generated strict rebukes from officials such as White House press secretary
Jen Psaki and lawmakers including California Rep.
Maxine Waters , who claimed the alleged incident was "worse than slavery" despite the
photographer of the controversial photo claiming not to have seen any Haitian migrants being harmed.
Mayorkas said Sunday that what actually happened "is the subject of an investigation," which "will be determined by the facts and nothing more."
The U.S. is facing a large surge of migrants passing through the nation's southern border. Customs and Border Protection experienced nearly 209,000 encounters along the southern border in August, and families were stopped 86,487 times that month, according to a report by the agency.