Biden Admin Preparing to Escort Boatloads of Haitians to Florida as Caribbean Country Implodes: Report
Rep. Matt Gaetz grilled Biden administration officials at a hearing Tuesday on plans for dealing with an expected mass migration from Haiti to Florida as the Caribbean nation implodes into anarchy. Gaetz pressed the officials to help the Coast Guard interdict and return migrants to Haiti by deploying the Navy.
Armed gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier and his men are seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 5. CLARENS SIFFROY/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Tuesday afternoon, the New York Post reported the Biden administration is preparing to escort ships loaded with migrants to Florida, rather than return them to Haiti.
However, as of Tuesday the Coast Guard is still repatriating Haitians found at sea:
The crew of @USCG Cutter Venturous repatriated 65 migrants to Haiti following a migrant venture near Great Inagua,