The group pointed to the images that played out of refugees at the border in September, when border agents on horses were filmed trying to get a group of mostly Haitian immigrants to return to the Mexico side along a river.
Black Catholic administrators call out treatment of Haitians at border
Miami priests return from Texas; Haitians find temporary home in Florida
The priests had traveled to Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 24 after receiving a Homeland Security pass to help the 30,000 or so Haitian migrants who had massed there over the past two weeks, seeking asylum in the United States.
DHS secretary quizzed about Haitian refugee turmoil, other issues
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said current conditions in Haiti allowed for the return of some of the estimated 14,000 Haitian migrants who crossed earlier in September from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas.
Catholic leaders urge humane treatment for Haitian migrants as numbers grow
The Haitians and other migrants have been living under the Del Rio International Bridge awaiting processing, while coping with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees and limited access to food, water and shelter.