Amid the pressure from grassroots groups and Democratic lawmakers, the US government has no plans to suspend repatriation flights of Haitian migrants from a camp near Del Rio, Texas.

It is reportedly said that the agency on Thursday suspended the use of horse patrols in Del Rio after images of US Border Patrol agents showing aggressive tactics on Haitian immigrants surfaced.

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security said two flights taking Haitians back to their country left Del Rio for Port-au-Prince. A third flight took off from Del Rio to Cap Haitien.

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According to CNN, the three planes carried a total of 318 Haitian nationals.

“Since Sunday, 12 repatriation flights have left the United States and 1,401 Haitian nationals have been returned to Haiti. Another 3,206 Haitians have been moved from the Del Rio camp to U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody or to other sectors to either be expelled via Title 42 or placed into removal proceedings,” DHS said.

The DHS also said that fewer than 5,000 migrants remain at the Del Rio camp, which has raised alarms among advocates who say the migrants are living in squalid conditions and some allegedly have been targets of excessive force by immigration enforcement agents.

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In El Paso, several advocacy groups are planning a late morning march on Thursday to support the Haitians and other migrants. They are also demanding the firing of federal agents allegedly caught on video charging at migrants in Del Rio with their horses.

“The abuse we are witnessing right now against Haitian asylum seekers in Del Rio is abhorrent,” said Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights.

Across the county, groups were planning 25 coordinated rallies to demand an end to deportation and the release of migrants now in detention.

The groups alleged that immigration enforcement is focusing on black and brown migrants.