Thousands of Haitian migrants amassed at U.S.-Mexico border unsure what's next
After fleeing to Brazil following the 2010 earthquake, Haitian migrants are traveling to the border hoping to enter the U.S.
Daniel González , The Republic | azcentral.com
NOGALES, Sonora — For more than two years, Lemoine Denera had a steady job in Brazil, where thousands of Haitian men like him fled after the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Then Brazil's economy collapsed and Denera joined the thousands of Haitian migrants leaving Brazil and heading to the United States.
The journey to the U.S.-Mexico border took 2½ months.
After leaving on Sept. 17, Denera traveled more than 5,000 miles through 10 countries, passing through Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and finally through Mexico to reach the U.S. border.
But after arriving, as he sat in a plastic chair in the late afternoon sun outside a makeshift shelter filled with French-speaking Haitian migrants in this border city, the 32-year-old man faced an agonizing decision for him and his family.
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