Haitian migrants gather by the thousands at Texas-Mexico border in hopes of entering U.S.

While the United States has dealt with migrant surges to its border, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has described the mass migration seen over the past week to a U.S.-Mexico border entry location as unprecedented in its speed.

The vast majority of the migrants who have gathered at an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, are Haitian. Haitians have been migrating to the U.S. in large numbers via South and Central America for several years, fleeing a country that has seen multiple earthquakes and endemic corruption and volatility.

The situation represents a humanitarian and logistical challenge for Joe Biden’s