Haitians on the Mexico-US Border at Del Rio, Texas

Factual Questions
1

Apparently there are something like 12,000-14,000 people sheltering (or trying to) under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas after wading across the Rio Grand US/Mexico border.

Given that Haiti is 1900 miles from Del Rio and most of that distance is ocean water these folks did not walk all the way there.

I’m not clear on how these Haitians arrived at their current location, or the timeline. There is apparently speculation that some of them (most of them?) have been living in South America since the 2010 earthquake, but that still leaves the question of how desperately poor people managed that crossing.

There also seems to be speculation that the more recent earthquake and presidential assassination is prompting this current move, but if these folks were already in South America why would events on Haiti suddenly inspire them to migrate?

Are some (a lot?) more recent arrivals from Haiti?

Basically - how did they get from Haiti to the mainland, and how recently?

2

I had wondered the same thing myself.

This story says that a lot of Haitians emigrated to various South American countries after the 2010 earthquake, among other things.

3

I’ve also been wondering why this is happening, and why now.
And also, why hasn’t Fox news been screaming about it.

There have been a lot of large “caravans” of refugees approaching the border in the past. Travelling together is safer as protection from robbers and gangs.
But why does this group consist of Haitians only, apparently originating in different areas of several countries in South America. How did it get organized?

4

They have.

They have also been questioning why the government suddenly forbade them to fly camera drones over the area.