DEL RIO, Texas — Three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers sustained non-life threatening accidents on Tuesday within the aftermath of an enormous presence of migrants exhibiting up alongside the Texas-Mexico border on the Acuña-Del Rio Worldwide Bridge. In line with the Division of Homeland Safety, the ICE officers had been injured in two separate incidents on the tarmac in Haiti.

A DHS spokesperson issued the next assertion:

“On Tuesday, Sept. 21, some grownup migrants brought on two separate disruptions on the tarmac after deplaning in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian crowd management officers responded to each incidents and resolved the conditions. ICE absolutely respects the rights of all folks to peacefully categorical their opinions, whereas persevering with to carry out its immigration enforcement mission in keeping with our priorities, federal legislation and company coverage.”

Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano stated as of Wednesday, 5,680 migrants stay beneath the bridge. That is down from practically 15,000 final week who had been first reported encamped beneath a Del Rio border bridge.

Thus far, a number of repatriation flights have taken greater than 1,000 Haitian nationals from Del Rio to Haiti since Sunday.

These flights will proceed regularly, officers stated.

Federal, state and native businesses are all concerned with the hassle to help in relocating the migrants. Lt. Chris Olivares with the Division of Public Security stated a whole lot of DPS troopers have been deployed to Del Rio to assist with the disaster, which has gained worldwide consideration with video and photos circulating on social media – exhibiting the magnitude of the troublesome situations each migrants and authorities are dealing with.