Haitian migrants

A man holds a candle during a vigil on Tuesday for the victims of a fire at an immigration detention center that killed dozens, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Video footage from inside the facility appears to show officials walking away from men trapped inside a cell as flames roared around them.

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The Ciudad Juárez detention fire shows inhumane conditions for migrants, advocates say

1:56pm March 30, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Migrants say they are facing increased harassment and unabashed cruelty by local, state and federal authorities as permanent residents' general attitudes toward immigrants shift.

Haitian migrants boarding buses in Tapachula. Their encampment has been plagued with a lack of water, food and sanitation.

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On Mexico's southern border, the latest migration surge is Haitian

11:07am December 18, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Thousands of Haitian migrants who had lived in South America for years are crossing into Mexico, overwhelming that country's capacity to process them. Many say their ultimate destination is the U.S.

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Gegrand Joseph (front), a Haitian who hiked across the Darién Gap five years ago, was deported by the Trump administration and is tackling this same patch of jungle a second time to get back to the U.S.

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A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S.

10:36am November 19, 2021

by John Otis

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.

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