Congressman Rescues Stranded Americans In Haiti

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) rescued ten Americans from Haiti as the country devolves into gang violence. Mills’ actions came after his high-profile efforts to rescue Americans in other dangerous parts of the world, including in Afghanistan in 2021 and in Israel last year.

Mills reported this week that his “team and I were successful in evacuating [and] rescuing a trapped and at-risk group of Americans from Have Faith Orphanage in Haiti last night.”

“This recent mission reiterates a disturbing reality that under President Biden’s leadership American lives are continually jeopardized. I have conducted rescue/ evacs of Americans multiple times when Joe Biden has deserted them. There’s a clear pattern of abandonment!” Mills wrote on social media.

He cited evacuation efforts in Haiti, Afghanistan and Israel.

“Americans at home and abroad are more unsafe under Biden than ever before. We need President Trump back in the White House as the world can’t afford 4 more years of Biden’s failed administration,” Mills wrote.

I am proud to report that my team and I were successful in evacuating and rescuing a trapped, and at risk group of Americans from ‘Have Faith Orphanage’ in Haiti last night.

This recent mission reiterates a disturbing reality that under President Biden’s leadership American…

— Cory Mills (@CoryMillsFL) March 12, 2024

Washington evacuated personnel from its Haitian embassy and the State Department advised Americans not to travel to the country.

Haiti is in a state of near-anarchy after a large-scale jailbreak. The country’s government has shattered, with its prime minister resigning this week.

The Caribbean nation presents a unique challenge for the United States. Washington has led several military interventions in the country, attempting to stabilize Haiti.

Should the situation in Haiti get any worse, there is a significant chance of a large migration to the United States. Thousands of Haitians fled to the U.S. during the major upheavals of the 1990s.

During testimony to Congress, a Pentagon official said that the Defense Department was preparing for a potential mass migration to the United States.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs Rebecca Zimmerman discussed the Pentagon’s efforts in “doing a number of things to ensure that we’re keeping track of the situation and we’re prepared — at the moment, we have not yet seen large numbers of what we would characterize as maritime mass migration.”