US considering returning Haiti migrants to homeland amid border surge

Haitian migrants part of the group of people from Haiti waiting in Del Rio and Ciudad Acuna to get access to the United States cross the Rio Grande (Marie D De Jesus/AP)

The United States could begin flying some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have crossed from Mexico into a Texas border camp back to their poverty-stricken homeland, hoping to deter others from crossing into the country.

Many of the migrants have lived in Latin America for years but now are seeking asylum in the US as economic opportunities in Brazil and elsewhere dry up.