Political turmoil across Latin America and the Caribbean, along with the economic fallout from the pandemic, has sent people fleeing to the U.S. border in larger numbers than previously seen
“It used to be just, essentially, Central Americans and Mexicans,” said newly-appointed Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz last week. “Now, when you go into some of our facilities and you see the faces, the makeup of the population is just extremely different.”
Tens of thousands of migrants from Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have come to the border since October, the start of the government’s fiscal year, far surpassing previous annual records. About 3,700 Romanians—most of them believed to be of the Roma ethnic minority—have crossed, nearly double the previous annual record.
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