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‘Been there before’: Haitian community leaders urge caution as Florida deploys troops to halt potential migrant surge
Eliantes Jean Jacques‚ a Haitian immigrant who has lived in Florida for more than three decades‚ is long familiar with the political instability‚ economic turmoil‚ and natural disasters that have left his homeland teetering on the precipice of collapse.
But Haiti’s recent descent into gang-fueled lawlessness and chaos‚ Jean Jacques said‚ seems more ominous. The gangs appear to have more guns than the police‚ who have all but disappeared. Armed groups control ports and major roads. Inmates...