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A “surge” of 400 Border Patrol agents will be sent to Del Rio, Texas, in a bid to restore order, the US Department of Homeland Security said Saturday, as the number of Haitian migrants gathering under a bridge in the area has ballooned to 14,000.

Officers are expected to arrive in the next 24 to 48 hours, the agency said in a statement.

“If additional staff is needed, more will be sent,” DHS said. “The Del Rio Port of Entry has temporarily closed, and traffic is being re-routed from Del Rio to Eagle Pass to more effectively manage resources and ensure uninterrupted flow of trade and travel.”

The agency also said it was relocating people from Del Rio to “other processing locations” in advance of deportation, and that 2,000 migrants were moved Friday.

The Biden administration has promised to swiftly ramp up the deportation of the Haitians gathering under the bridge beginning on Sunday — with five to eight flights a day planned.

“DHS will secure additional transportation to accelerate the pace and increase the capacity of removal flights to Haiti and other destinations in the hemisphere within the next 72 hours,” department spokeswoman Marsha Espinosa told The Washington Post.

“Urgent humanitarian actions” for the migrants were also underway “to reduce crowding and improve conditions,” the DHS said.

Meanwhile, Haitian migrants continued to stream into the US overnight, with a large group now camped out underneath the International Bridge, which connects Del Rio, Texas, with Ciudad Acuna in Mexico.

Many carried children and whatever belongings they could hold as they trekked through the murky water.