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Haiti declared a state of emergency, and the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince issued an alert calling on U.S. citizens to leave immediately on commercial or private aircraft, even with the airport ...
“The bottom line is that the United States simply cannot tolerate anarchy on its doorstep.” For years, Haiti’s armed forces have been trying to enter the battle against gangs but had to ...
Interdictions across the Florida Straits and the Mona Passage — between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic — have remained steady.
25 June – Kenyan police units arrive in Haiti for a United Nations-backed security mission to restore order. [21] 29 June – The Biden administration expands its Temporary Protected Status program to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering the refugees deportation relief and work permits. [22]
Kenya agreed to lead a multinational force to Haiti that was authorized by the U.N. Security Council last October. However, it's unclear when or if a deployment would occur under the current plans.
The increasing American interest in Haiti prompted the United States Navy to deploy to the country's ports fifteen times between 1876 and 1913 in order to protect American lives and property, and the United States Marines to occupy the whole country from 1915 to 1934. The Haitian Navy was created in 1860 with the commissioning of a single gunboat.
Armed groups control large swathes of Haiti’s capital city and forced the international airport in Port au Prince to shut down; after nearly three months, commercial flights resumed in mid-May.
Haiti needs many things at the moment. American soldiers are not among them. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph asked for U.S. military help after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.