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

The lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to authorize the U.S. Navy to assist in preventing possible Haitian invasion.

Haitian migrants, part of a group of over 10,000 people staying in an encampment on the U.S. side of the border, cross the Rio Grande river to get food and water in Mexico, after another crossing point was closed near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

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.