Trump blames Biden's border policies for deadly hammer attack in Florida
WTVC • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump criticized the Biden administration's immigration policies following a deadly hammer attack in Florida by Rolbert Joachin, an illegal Haitian immigrant who was released into the U.S. under Biden's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program.
- The Department of Homeland Security identified Joachin as the suspect who killed an innocent woman by repeatedly hitting her with a hammer outside a gas station on April 3, and noted he entered the U.S. in August 2022.
- Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis condemned the Biden administration's decision to release Joachin and grant him TPS, calling their immigration policies reckless and attributing the woman's death to these failures.
- Trump called TPS a "massively abused and fraudulent program" and stated his administration is working to terminate it, blaming federal judges for blocking these efforts and urging Republicans and Americans to oppose current immigration policies.
- ICE has lodged a detainer against Joachin, and DHS confirmed he will be deported regardless of the legal case's outcome.
