Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is mobilizing an air-and-sea fleet along with a company of 250 law enforcement officials to safeguard southern waters against a potential mass Haitian emigration to Florida.
The governor’s decision comes amid a wave of crime and chaos that has swept across the Caribbean country just days after President Ariel Henry relinquished power from Puerto Rico.
The president began using the U.S. protectorate as a recent base of operations while returning from Kenya. Gangs had invaded the main airports in Haiti’s capital city, Port-Au-Prince, and the Dominican Republic has restricted any flights to and from their neighbor, effectively forcing the embattled president into temporary exile.
