CIUDAD ACUNA, MEX- SEPT 16: Migrants cross back and forth between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti have arrived in the area over night. Del Rio has seen an influx of migrants mostly from Haiti since early 2021. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Migration from Haiti to the United States since the mid-20th century has occurred in response to persistent political instability, persecution, frequent economic crises, natural disasters including a devastating 2010 earthquake,…