IT EVOKED
IMAGES OF SOME
OF THE WORST
MOMENTS OF
OUR HISTORY.”
—Kamala Harris,
U.S. vice presidentIn mid-September
15,000 migrants con-
verged under a bridge
at the U.S.-Mexico
border in Del Rio. Many
were Haitians who had
left Haiti for countries
in Latin America years
ago. Some had heard
that the crossing on
the Rio Grande was
open to immigrants,
which it wasn’t. Others
misunderstood the
temporary protected
status recently granted
to Haitians already in
the U.S. and thought it
would apply to them.
Mounted U.S. Border
Patrol agents tried to
force migrants back
across the river into
Mexico. Images of
their aggressive tactics
provoked outrage and
an investigation. The
Border Patrol put the
agents on administra-
tive duties and tem-
porarily halted horse
patrols along the river.Del Rio, Texas PHOTOGRAPH BY VICTORIA RAZO
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