There were only about 20 portable toilets available for the entire population of the camp, and there was inadequate access to drinkable water and food. Most of them had to cross back and forth across the rio grande to buy own supplies in mexico. Temperatures have been in the triple digits, putting people at risk for heat stroke.
Vox’s Nicole Narea explains the latest border crisis, and Ayibopost’s Widlore Mérancourt documents deported Haitians’ return to Port-au-Prince.
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