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Haitian migrants are sent detailed instructions on WhatsApp and social media which help them cross border into Texas
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The situation in Del Rio spiraled this week as more than 15,000 migrants, many of them from Haiti, arrived at the US-Mexico border in Texas
- Migrants have been settling in a makeshift camp as they waited for Control Border Patrol agents to process their petitions to stay in the U.S.
- Some Haitian migrants followed detailed instructions sent to them via WhatsApp from fellow compatriots who had recently taken the route to the Texas border
- WhatsApp and other social media platforms are used to share information that can get distorted as it speeds through communities, directing migration flows
- Fabricio Jean, of Haiti, 38m followed detailed instructions sent to him, his wife and two kids via WhatsApp that said he needed '20,000 pesos' to take buses
- Jean and his family didn't envisage to find thousands of Haitian migrants like himself crossing at the same remote spot near Del Rio, Texas
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-24 |
