Crisis in Haiti , Could Drive Another Wave of , Illegal Immigration in the US.<br />'Newsweek' reports that the United States <br />could be facing another wave of illegal <br />immigration driven by refugees fleeing Haiti.<br />On March 11, President Ariel Henry said <br />he would resign amid widespread gang <br />violence and a breakdown of law and order.<br />An estimated 80% of Port-au-Prince, <br />the Haitian capital, are under <br />the control of armed gangs.<br />An estimated 80% of Port-au-Prince, <br />the Haitian capital, are under <br />the control of armed gangs.<br />We are alert to that possibility. <br />The driving conditions in Haiti <br />could very well press <br />more people [to migrate], Rebecca Zimmerman, Department of Defense official, <br />via 'Newsweek'.<br />Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics <br />at University College London, warned that <br />a deepening immigration crisis would pose <br />a serious challenge for the Biden administration.<br />Fair or unfair, anything that <br />highlights the immigration <br />crisis is a net negative <br />for Biden at the moment, Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics <br />at University College London, via 'Newsweek'.<br />To the extent that the tragedy <br />in Haiti puts a new refugee story <br />in the headlines, it will only make <br />the immigration issue more <br />salient for American voters. , Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics <br />at University College London, via 'Newsweek'.<br />At the same time, Biden's <br />hands will no doubt be tied <br />by progressive groups who <br />will insist that the White House <br />not repatriate refugees back to <br />Haiti given the huge political <br />instability in the country, Thomas Gift, the head of the Centre on U.S. Politics <br />at University College London, via 'Newsweek'.<br />According to a Monmouth University survey, <br />84% of voters in the U.S. consider illegal <br />immigration a "serious" or "very serious" issue.<br />In 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared <br />a state of emergency after hundreds of <br />migrants from Haiti and Cuba arrived by boat.<br />An estimated 146,000 Haitian migrants <br />were encountered at the U.S. border <br />between October 2020 and May 2023
