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Haitian trip to Texas border often starts in South America

Migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, to avoid deportation from the U.S. The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Haitian migrants wake up at an encampment at a sports park in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. U.S. authorities have moved to expel many of the migrants who were camped around a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, after crossing from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. Officials are also trying to to block others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Haitian migrants begin to stir at an encampment at a sports park in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. U.S. authorities have moved to expel many of the migrants who were camped around a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, after crossing from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. Officials are also trying to to block others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen at an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government ramps up to an expected six expulsion flights to Haiti and Mexico began busing some away from the border. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A woman from Haiti sits in a Haitian restaurant, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. Many Haitians have established at least temporary legal status in Mexico, Brazil and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Robins Exile, of Haiti, eats at a Haitian restaurant, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. Exile arrived to Tijuana the day before after changing his plans to head to the Texas border where thousands of Haitians have converged in recent days and now face deportation. He said messages on WhatsApp and Facebook from fellow Haitian migrants and their videos on YouTube warned him to steer clear of Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, across from Del Rio, Texas, and said it no longer is the easy place to cross into the U.S. that it was just a few weeks ago. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Robins Exile, of Haiti, eats at a Haitian restaurant, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. Exile arrived to Tijuana a day earlier after changing his plans to head to the Texas border where thousands of Haitians have converged in recent days and now face deportation. He said messages on WhatsApp and Facebook from fellow Haitian migrants and their videos on YouTube warned him to steer clear of Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, across from Del Rio, Texas, and said it no longer is the easy place to cross into the U.S. that it was just a few weeks ago. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)