Florida Republicans Urge Biden to Declare ‘Anticipated Mass Migration’ From Haiti

Published on March 19, 2024

Republican legislators from Florida have called on President Joe Biden to declare “an anticipated mass migration” of Haitian aliens en route to the United States amid social unrest in the Caribbean country. A group of Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), sent a letter to President Biden on March 18 urging him to authorize the U.S. Navy to assist in preventing a possible Haitian invasion. The president’s declaration would enable the U.S. Navy to support Florida’s efforts to conduct maritime interdictions and interceptions of aliens from Haiti and repatriate them, according to the letter. The lawmakers also urged President Biden “to engage the necessary assets” to conduct maritime interdictions and interceptions of Haitians and repatriate them to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti....