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WhatsApp, social posts helped lead Haitian migrants to Texas

Migrants check in with a volunteer before boarding a bus to Houston at a humanitarian center after they were released from United States Border Patrol upon crossing the Rio Grande and turning themselves in seeking asylum, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A migrant holds a baby while boarding a bus to Houston at a humanitarian center after they were released from United States Border Patrol upon crossing the Rio Grande and turning themselves in seeking asylum, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A portrait is seen in a phone case as a migrant arrives at a humanitarian center after they were released from United States Border Patrol upon crossing the Rio Grande and turning themselves in seeking asylum, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A man carries a little girl, who is clutching her Barbie doll, over the Rio Grande river toward Del Rio, Texas, early Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, as other migrants return to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, some to avoid possible deportation from the U.S. and others to load up with supplies. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Migrants, many from Haiti, wait to board a bus to Houston at a humanitarian center after they were released from United States Border Patrol upon crossing the Rio Grande and turning themselves in seeking asylum, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Migrants, many from Haiti, wade back and forth between Texas and Mexico across the Rio Grande, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Migrants are released from United States Border Patrol custody at a humanitarian center, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) 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)