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22 Sep, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Conditions deteriorate in migrant camps on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, as pressure mounts on President Biden to curb expulsion flights reut.rs/39qwSvY 1/4
.@ReutersPictures shows people with small babies and toddlers, one with an untreated hernia on his stomach, under makeshift shelters made out of reeds on the banks of the Rio Grande river in Del Rio, Texas reut.rs/3EJJtcf 2/4
Clothing is hung out to dry, trash was strewn on the ground. Parents wash their children using jugs of river water and try to find patches of shade in the punishing heat. Migrants say food remains scarce and there aren’t enough portable toilets 3/4
At its peak, there were as many as 14,000 people camped out under the international bridge in Del Rio, but U.S. authorities have moved thousands away for immigration processing and deported more than 500 Haitians 4/4 reuters.com/world/americas…

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