U.S. border agents briefly detain 14 Mexican soldiers in El Paso

Reporting by Tomas Bravo, Lizbeth Diaz and Anthony Esposito; Editing by Dan Grebler @ Reuters, September 25, 5:35 PM EDT

 

Caption: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents escort Mexican soldiers detained after crossing the boundary and entering the U.S., at the Cordova of the Americas international border bridge, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., September 25, 2021.

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MEXICO CITY - Fourteen Mexican soldiers were detained early Saturday morning for several hours by U.S. border agents after they crossed into El Paso, Texas, from Mexico's Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)said [....]

I am trying to understand the actual complexity of the situation that the Biden administration, and Kamala Harris in particular, are dealing with when a large crowd of emigres appear on our southern border. Because Harris is charged with dealing with stabilizing Latin America border situations so that happens less frequently. Now a huge number of Haitians appearing at once on Mexico's northern border, and how they got there, and why Mexico itself let them in, that's is a real new one. Then finding out that many have not actually been in Haiti since 2010 complicates it further.

We find that it's not as simple as a bunch of Haitians fleeing directly from Haiti.

When given the job months ago, she had specifically made a speech declaring loudly that our borders are not open and warning refugees not to come to the border. That was not targeted at Haitians because that's one nobody in the U.S. expected, the message was targeted to Central Americans.

Harris has to deal with considering all the above news. And the fact that analysts have already told her that many Mexican citizens think like this about their own adminstration:

and as always, Covid control worldwide is an important consideration. Many just plain visitors have to jump through hoops for a travel visa to the U.S. at this time, if they can get approval at all.