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US Scrambles to Help as Haitian Gangs Push Government to Brink

As Haitian gangs push a skeletal government to the breaking point, potentially sparking the flight of millions of Haitians to the United States, the Biden administration is scrambling to respond.

After consistently failing to address the yearslong crisis that was clearly in motion, Democrats’ slapdash effort to “do something” in Haiti is now gaining steam in Washington and threatens to not only deepen the crisis in the Caribbean, but also to entrench the United States in yet another dangerous international quagmire.  

Since Feb. 29, a group of allied Haitian gangs has launched coordinated attacks seeking to topple the Haitian government, hitting key targets, including the country’s prisons, police stations and main airport. The wave of violence prevented Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning to Haiti and forced him to announce his resignation from Puerto…

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