DEL RIO, Texas — The Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian migrants converged in recent weeks will be partially reopened late Saturday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
The agency issued a statement saying trade and travel operations will resume at Del Rio Port of Entry for passenger traffic at 4 p.m. Saturday. It will be reopened for cargo traffic on Monday morning.
CBP temporarily closed the border crossing on Sept. 17 and rerouted traffic to the one in Eagle Pass, Texas, about 50 miles to the southeast, after as many as 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants suddenly crossed into Del Rio from Mexico and made camp around the U.S. side of the border bridge. The camp was completely cleared on Friday.
Many of the migrants were seeking asylum in the U.S.
