The US State Department on Wednesday imposed another round of visa restrictions on three Haitian officials, alleging they were empowering "terrorist gangs" in the Caribbean nation.
Visa restrictions were imposed on two members of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council and a cabinet minister.
"Their actions have enabled Haitian gangs, some of which are designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, to destabilize the country," said State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
"The Department will also revoke any currently valid visas held by these individuals and their immediate family members," Pigott said.
Trump pledged to deport Haitians from Ohio city during election campaign
Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to conduct mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from the Ohio city of Springfield shortly after then-president Joe Biden called on the attacks on the community to cease in September 2024.
"We will do large deportations in Springfield, Ohio," Trump said at a press conference at his golf resort near Los Angeles.
Texan men plan invasion of island off coast of Haiti with an army of DC's homeless
Two Texan men plotted to invade an island off the coast of Haiti with an “army of homeless mercenaries” to murder the men on the island, and use the women and children as sex slaves, US Attorney Jay R. Combs said in November.
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, both from the state of Texas, in the US, were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas, which charged them with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography.
“Information presented in court indicates that between August 2024 and July 2025, Weisenburg and Thomas are alleged to have conspired to recruit and lead an unlawful expeditionary force to the Island of Gonave, which is part of the Republic of Haiti, for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies,” read the announcement by the US Attorney’s office.