A Legacy of Corruption and Abuse: The Post-9/11 Immigration Megabureaucracy

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🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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More than 4,600 Haitian migrants were expelled by the U.S. government in little over a week. This week on Intercepted: Recent images of Border Patrol agents on horseback pushing back Haitians along the U.S.-Mexico border led to renewed anger at the United States’ immigration enforcement methods. Investigative reporter Ryan Devereaux explains how the U.S. immigration enforcement apparatus grew to the scale that it is today, stemming from the war on terror. Since the Department of Homeland Security’s messy beginnings, the number of Border Patrol agents has more than doubled; immigrants detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement jails have denounced mistreatment and unsafe conditions; and the number of deportations has dramatically risen. As Devereaux outlines, since Homeland Security’s creation, this trend has continued throughout the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden administrations. join.theintercept.com/donate/now

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0:00.0	This is intercepted.
0:30.0	I'm Jose Olivarez, lead producer with The Intercept.
0:42.0	Last week, Border Patrol agents began rounding up and expelling thousands of migrants in the
0:46.0	border town of Del Rio, Texas.
0:48.0	A crisis unfolding tonight in Del Rio.
0:51.4	Right now, close to 14,000 migrants are encamped under the international bridge and surrounding
0:57.0	areas.
0:58.0	In Del Rio, Texas, where authorities have started mass deportations from that crowd of
1:02.7	15,000 migrants living in a camp city under a bridge.
1:07.0	Most of the migrants camped out at the border where Haitian, having fled due to years of
1:11.1	instability.
1:12.1	For more than a week, the island nation of Haiti has been rocked by street violence as protesters
1:16.2	angry over soaring inflation and government corruption have demanded the ouster of President
1:20.8	Jovenelle Moise.
1:30.8	In Haiti, the death toll from this month's 7.2 magnitude earthquake continues to rise.
1:37.4	More than 2,200 people are confirmed dead with 344 people still missing.
1:42.9	The country of Haiti is under a state of emergency tonight after President Jovenelle Moise was
1:48.4	assassinated early this morning.
1:50.6	Haiti traveled through Central America and Mexico to reach the U.S. and request the
1:53.9	asylum.
1:54.9	Images of Border Patrol agents on horseback appearing to charge at Black Haitians surfaced,
1:59.7	sparking public outrage.
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