Nonprofit leaders are wary of the Biden administration's overall response as the FBI investigates three incidents in which a U.S. airliner was set on fire as it departed Haiti and the FAA issues a 30-day ground suspension order. are.
Jack Brewer, a former New York Giants safety who runs the Jack Brewer Foundation, said in an interview Thursday that grounding commercial airlines is the first thing President Biden can and should do against “terrorists” attacking Americans. He said it was no big deal compared to that.
The Brewer Foundation has helped build churches, supported the medical field, and served underserved populations in Haiti and East Africa. The Jack Brewer Foundation said its primary focus in the state is on fatherlessness, which is particularly prevalent in the black community.
Brewer said he and his foundation have a consistent presence in Haiti, regularly arriving at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, where the jets are targeted.
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Jack Brewer on the Giants sideline in 2004. (Getty)
“We've had some tragedies too. We've had some unfortunate deaths,” he said, noting that the principal of one of his schools was murdered, that a parent and child were kidnapped and attacked by a gang that had taken over, or He explained how he was burned alive. Since the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, half of the island has been shared with the Dominican Republic.
“They're giving the FAA a ground stop in response to a verbal threat…Instead of doing an FAA ground stop when a plane is being shot in the sky, they're taking military action.” said, adding that the FAA should not be the lead agency. Such advanced threats.
A JetBlue flight bound for JFK, an American Airlines plane bound for Miami, and most recently a Spirit Airlines plane that attempted to land in Port-au-Prince but was rerouted to Santo Domingo last Monday were all found to have been hit. did. fire.
Brewer said the Biden administration is content to fight proxy wars in places like Ukraine, but not against a nation-state 90 minutes from its shores where Americans are being injured.
“If we really want to say we support democracy…then what are we doing in Haiti?”
He also criticized the Congressional Black Caucus for its relative silence on attacks against Americans, which he considers to be a very dangerous environment for black people in a global sense.
“They'll talk about Black Lives Matter and police and all these other scenarios, but when this is the first independent black nation in the world in total chaos, we sit here and do nothing about it. I’m going to do that.’ It’s like a slap in the face as a black person,” he said.
“And this should be a sign to all Americans that left-wing Democrats and their woke politics don't matter to anyone but themselves. If they can't collect it and it doesn't benefit them politically, they stay away from it.”
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Gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Sheridier and members of the G-9 Federal gang. (Getty)
In recent public action, the House of Commons Haiti Caucus, a subsidiary of the CBC, held a press conference in September condemning hatred against Haiti.
CBC members Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts), Yvette Clark (New York), and Sheila Cherfils-McCormick (Florida) spoke on Capitol Hill in May, calling for federal action on the Haiti crisis. I asked for it.
Chafilas McCormick, considered the first Haitian-American member of Congress, said Haiti is “facing an epidemic political crisis that is calling for people to evacuate.”
Mr. Clark, Mr. Pressley, and Mr. Chafferas McCormick said, “Increasing violent gang activity in Haiti and attacks on commercial airlines are further destabilizing the island and putting Haitians at greater risk. “This underscores the need for a comprehensive humanitarian response by the United States.” A separate statement will be issued on Friday.
”[W]We reiterate our call on the Biden-Harris Administration to immediately halt all deportations, further combat illicit arms trafficking, and provide much-needed humanitarian assistance to Haiti. ”
Three women serve as co-chairs of the House Haiti Caucus.
But Brewer said Biden has four years to do a better job on Haiti, including after Moïse's killing in 2021 and the subsequent surge in migrants.
Mr. Brewer believes that Mr. Trump is the right person to properly handle this situation, and that he is calling for an ambassador like “Frederick Douglass” rather than a career civil servant to immediately sanction the country and hold public officials accountable. He said that a person should be appointed.
“I would give them 24 hours. I would say to all the gang members, whether it's 'barbeque' or whoever, all gang members, you just have 24 hours to throw in your gun. Please know.” [or have] The US military will be there and smoke everyone out. ”
JP Decker, president of Mercury One, a charity that does similar work in Haiti, told Fox News Digital that his organization helped an American family get their adopted daughter out of Haiti during the turmoil. He said he was trying.
“this [FAA] “This decision has left many families in uncertainty and delayed many children's chance to start a new life with adoptive families.” asked the federal government to cooperate with
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A Spirit Airlines plane that was shot while approaching Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is parked on the tarmac in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (Reuters)
Victor Marx, head of the Haitian orphanage organization All Things Possible, said the federal government was taking action to “stabilize the situation and protect innocent lives before it reaches this critical point.” He said there was no.
“Any assistance or assistance provided by the United States at this time must be accompanied by accountability,” he said. “Trust me, no one trusts that government. I urge the United States to bypass the government and work through private organizations to bring stability to the region.”
An FAA representative said the agency is responsible for the safety of civil aviation operations, and in fact issued a NOTAM, banning flights within 10,000 feet above Haiti for 30 days. The representative also directed Fox News Digital to the Department of Defense.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and the Department of Defense. CBC declined to comment.
