DeSantis orders Florida resources to stop Haitian migrants despite no sign of increased activity
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to help stop what he anticipates to be an increase in Haitian migrants fleeing violence in their country.
Haiti expert on armed conflict in Port-au-Prince: ‘We are going to see if the palace falls’
As Haitian gang violence runs rampant, the U.S. military airlifted personnel in and out of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Sunday at the request of the U.S. State Department.
Gang violence in Haiti: U.S. military aircraft flies in and out of U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince
As Haitian gang violence runs rampant, the U.S. military airlifted personnel in and out of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Sunday at the request of the U.S. State Department.
Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge
The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states.
The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing
A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles.
Man accused of scamming fellow Haitian-Americans in South Florida investment scheme
Anson Jean-Pierre promised fellow Haitian-Americans that they would not only be “millionaires” if they invested with him, but that the hundreds of thousands of dollars they would eventually put into his company would develop business in Haiti, authorities allege.
Former Haitian senator sentenced to life in prison in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
A federal judge in Miami on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for conspiring to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation.
Haitian gang leader added to FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list
A powerful Haitian gang leader charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti, which left the woman dead, has been added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, the agency announced Wednesday during a press conference in Miami.
Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament
Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. Security Council this week.
Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute
Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal.
Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by a pastor into gang territory
The director of Haiti’s National Police is vowing to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them.
UN chief urges deployment of police special forces and military support to combat gangs in Haiti
The United Nations chief is urging the international community to deploy a multinational force comprising “police special forces and military support units” to Haiti to combat gangs with sophisticated weapons and restore security to the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Immigration parole program: Cuban mother dreams of family reunion in Miami-Dade
Odamyis Gomez, a married mother of two in Cuba, said she dreams of a family reunion in Miami-Dade County, and she had put her hope on President Joe Biden’s parole program. But in January, a group of 20 states challenged the case-by-case basis program to help Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.
Suspects accused of killing of Haiti’s president appear in federal court in Miami-Dade
Four key suspects in the killing of Haiti’s president appear for the first time in U.S. federal court to face accusations that they plotted and participated in his assassination, a day after they were transferred to the United States for prosecution.
South Florida sponsor helping Venezuelan migrants with Biden parole program
As President Joe Biden announced the recent expansion of an immigration policy for migrants coming from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, sponsors in South Florida are stepping up to help people who might not even know about the program.