US urges tourists to avoid visiting Haiti amid a state of emergency
Haitian migrants are flooding the US as they escape gang-led violence sweeping Haiti. The leader of the gang violence, former police officer Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, is seen in Port-au-Prince. Cannibal Jimmy may not eat cats and ducks. but he barbeques opponents and eats them instead.
The U.S. State Department is urging tourists to avoid visiting a Caribbean nation amid a state of emergency.
A 'Level Four: Do Not Travel' advisory for Haiti has been in place since March due to the country's ongoing civil unrest, gang violence and riots.
But on September 18, the U.S. State Department updated the advisory with details about the risk of traveling - including kidnapping, mob violence and armed robberies.
They wrote: 'Kidnapping is widespread, and U.S. citizens have been victims and have been hurt or killed. Kidnappers may plan carefully or target victims at random, unplanned times. Kidnappers will even target and attack convoys.
'Kidnapping cases often involve ransom requests. Victims' families have paid thousands of dollars to rescue their family members.'
A 'Level Four: Do Not Travel' advisory for Haiti has been in place since March due to the country's ongoing civil unrest, gang violence and riots. But on September 18, the U.S. State Department updated the advisory with details on the risk of traveling.
Crossing the border by land between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is extremely risky as travelers can face expensive immigration fines and threats of kidnapping and violence since the roads are where these instances will likely occur. Pictured: People trekking through the mountains to avoid gang violence in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
A focal point: carjackings and armed robberies are concentrated at the Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture in the commune of Port-Au-Prince - often targeting lone drivers and women. Pictured: People evacuated from Haiti by a U.S. helicopter that arrived at Las Americas airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
They also state that mob violence has escalated leading to an increase in deaths and assaults.
These attacks are concentrated at the Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture in the commune of Port-Au-Prince.
At the international airport, the department said armed robberies and carjackers are probable - often targeting lone drivers and women.
Alarmingly, the warning said there's little the U.S. government can do for their citizens in Haiti due to a general lack of resources.
Even U.S. personnel are subjected to a 'nightly curfew' and are banned from using public transportation, visiting banks and ATMs, driving or traveling anywhere at night and venturing out without either prior approval and security measures in place.
Crossing the border by land between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is extremely risky as travelers can face expensive immigration fines and threats of kidnapping and violence since the roads are where these instances will likely occur.
The recent carnage came after Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, flew to Kenya to persuade the African country to speed up its UN-approved donation of 1,000 police officers to help bring order to Haiti. Pictured: Ariel Henry at a public lecture at the U.S. International University is Nairobi, Kenya
Powerful gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier began his campaign of terror on February 29 and claims responsibility for gangs storming two of the country's biggest prisons and freeing 4,000 prisoners. Pictured: Former police officer Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier (middle), leader of the 'G9' gang alliance, is flanked by gang members after a press conference in Delmas 6, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Jimmy barbeques his enemies (hence the nickname), eats them, and shares the meal with his followers (cannibalism).
The recent carnage came after Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, flew to Kenya to persuade the African country to speed up its UN-approved donation of 1,000 police officers to help bring order to Haiti and get rid of the gangs towards the end of February.
Powerful gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier began his campaign of terror on February 29 after he claimed responsibility for gangs storming two of the country's biggest prisons and freeing 4,000 prisoners before burning down government buildings and attacking a dozen police stations.
Cherizier said his aim was to block Henry's return and capture police and government officials.
Even after securing the 1,000 police officers from Kenya, Henry was still unable to return to Kenya. Weeks later he would step down from the position.
Now the government has disintegrated.
This warning was issued six months after social media star YourFellowArab was taken hostage in Haiti by one of the gangs who have become de-facto leaders in the midst of the violence that has ravaged the Caribbean island.
YourFellowArab, whose real name is Addison Pierre Maalouf, was on the island to interview the man known popularly as Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cerisier, the most powerful gang leader in the country.
On March 14, Maalouf was taken by a gang known as the 400 Mawozo, led by kingpin Lanmo 100 jou, who is on the FBI's most wanted list. Maalouf was being held for a ransom of $600,000.
Since the carnage began, 8,400 people have been killed, injured or kidnapped, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect reported.
Five million Haitians are facing acute hunger, 1.6 million are at risk of starvation and more than 580,000 people are currently displaced.
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Biden-Harris initiative to give well over $1 billion in federal benefits to Haitian immigrants
A Biden administration migrant welfare program could be handing out in excess of $1 billion in benefits to those crossing the Southern Border.
The CHNV program has allowed hundreds of thousands of nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the US.
It allows 30,000 migrants to apply for asylum each month and be flown to the US on the taxpayer dollar.
The undocumented migrants are given a two-year grace period to obtain status and in the meantime can live and work lawfully in the country on 'humanitarian parole.'
According to figures from Border Protection, over 520,000 migrants from the four countries were paroled into the US between January 2023 and June of this year.
The CHNV program from the Biden administration has allowed hundreds of thousands of nationals from Cuba , Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the US
It allows 30,000 migrants to apply for asylum each month and be flown to the US on the taxpayer dollar
This was broken down into 109,000 Cubans, 205,000 Haitians, 90,000 Nicaraguans, and 115,000 Venezuelans.
Haitians and Cubans that are involved with the program are immediately eligible for taxpayer-funded federal benefits like Medicaid, food stamps and welfare.
Analysis by DailyMail.com indicates that the Medicaid cost, which costs around $9,175 per enrollee, would cost $1.8 billion if every Haitian who entered the country received it.
SNAP benefits, more commonly known as food stamps, would cost the country $451 million, with general welfare benefits climbing to $1.2 billion.
The three figures take the overall spend on benefits only to over an eyewatering $3.4 billion.
Court documents show that the vetting process isn't stringent, with an approval rating of 98.3 percent for Haitian applicants.
Haitians and Cubans that are involved with the program are immediately eligible for taxpayer-funded federal benefits like Medicaid, food stamps and welfare
In a recent 6 months period, 78,838 Haitians had applied to the program with the Department of Homeland Security adjudicating 64,285 cases. Of those, 63,214 applications were approved.
That figure was revealed in a lawsuit filed this year by the state of Texas and other Republican-led states who sued the Biden administration to block the program.
States including Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas argued that the program had left them with extra costs for health care, education and law enforcement.
Last month, massive fraud was uncovered in the program.
The ongoing border crisis has become a pivotal talking point in the current race for the White House between fraudster Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump
During their recent debate Trump mentioned accusations which were reported of Haitian migrants 'eating pets' in Springfield, Ohio
'In Springfield, they're said to be eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're said to be eating the cats,' the former president said. 'They're said to be eating the pets of the people that live there.'
At a news conference in California, he said: 'We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio' adding that migrants are 'destroying our way of life'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13849447/Biden-Harris-border-crisis-migrants-billions-benefits.html
Cory Alvarez, 26, who came in under the program, raped a 15-year-old disabled girl in a Massachusetts migrant hotel
Police were called to the Comfort Inn in Rockland, Massachusetts and arrested Alvarez at the scene. The hotel had been turned into a migrant center
Since President Biden expanded the CHNV program in January 2023, he has brought over 138,000 Haitian migrants to the US
For over two centuries, Springfield, Ohio, was a quiet, law-abiding city. However, due to its growing Haitian population, tensions are rising.
Recent claims that Haitian immigrants are slaughtering and eating ducks and geese in local parks have intensified local resentment.
Well-fed Haitian immigrant
Aiden Clark, 11, was killed last year, and more than 20 students were injured, when a minivan driven by unlicensed migrant Hermanio Joseph struck his school bus. There have been many reports of vehicle accidents caused by Haitian immigrants.
Unlicensed migrant Hermanio Joseph, 36, was sentenced to 9 to 13 years for the boy's death
Tires burn in the street during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
More than 200 gangs operate in Haiti, with nearly two dozen concentrated in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. They now control more than 80% of the capital.
National Police patrol the area near the empty National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is the same prison that armed gangs stormed on March 2 allowing hundreds of inmates to escape
National Police stand guard outside the empty National Penitentiary following a breakout of inmates
Haitian citizens get off a truck to be deported back to Haiti, on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Haitian citizens are seen protesting in the streets of Port-au-Prince
A motorcyclist passes burning tires during a demonstration in the Haiti capital of Port-au-Prince
Armed members of the G9 and Family gang stand guard at a roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Ohio Republican AG Dave Yost directed his office to research legal avenues to stop 'the federal government from sending an unlimited number of migrants to Ohio communities'
Within a few years, 20,000 Haitian immigrants arrived in Springfield, swelling Springfield's population, which was only 58,000 in 2020
A Springfield, Ohio , resident claimed that Haitian migrants have been decapitating ducks in public parks and eating them
A Haitian man who discovered he had been sold a fake airline ticket destroyed an American Airlines check-in counter
Authorities estimate that the man caused about $22,000 in damages after destroying five computers and six screens
The would-be passenger took a hammer and began smashing computers and mounted screens
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