The Biden administration will expel thousands of Haitian migrants who have been crossing the U.S. border illegally in Del Rio, Texas, placing them on planes heading back to Haiti, according to a new report.

The expulsion is set to start on Sunday, sending home the roughly 12,000 Haitians who have crossed the border this past week. One official said the migrants would be sent home on five to eight flights per day, contradicting a different administration official who told the Associated Press there are not expected to be more than two flights per day. Details of the flights are being sorted, but San Antonio may be among the departure cities, the report added.

The thousands of migrants who have successfully made their way into the country have been gathering under and around a bridge, waiting to surrender to U.S. officials for processing and their likely release into the United States.

US CLOSES DEL RIO BORDER CROSSING AS THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS ILLEGALLY CROSS

Customs and Border Protection ordered the shutdown of the Del Rio crossing Friday to stem the flow of immigrants crossing the border. Those who are trying to get into the U.S. have been rerouted to Eagle Pass, Texas, approximately 57 miles away. Unaccompanied children will not be immediately returned.

Mexico has agreed to take in immigrants who have been rejected by the U.S. if they are from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador, but not Haitian migrants, who have faced extreme violence in Mexico and many of whom struggle with finding legal representation.

Edgar Rodriguez, the lawyer for the Casa del Migrante migrant shelter in Piedras Negras, Texas, located north of Del Rio, said he believes that misinformation played a big role in people flocking to America because many migrants come on false rumors that immigration policies are about to change in the U.S.

President Joe Biden has attempted to deter migrants from entering the country, telling them, “Don’t come over,” in March as the number of illegal border crossings skyrocketed.

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CBP experienced nearly 209,000 encounters along the southern border in the month of August, and families were stopped 86,487 times that month, according to a report by the agency.

Representatives for CBP and the White House did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment.

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