Trump condemns Biden administration after Haitian immigrant charged with fatal attack in Florida

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:39:00 +0200

Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s administration after a Haitian national, Rolbert Joachim, was charged with murdering a Florida mother in a violent hammer attack. The fatal assault, which occurred in broad daylight outside a Fort Myers gas station, was captured on video and shows Joachim allegedly striking a woman multiple times after she confronted him for damaging her car. The Department of Homeland Security reported that Joachim entered the United States from Haiti in August 2022 and was released under Biden-era immigration policies. Although a federal judge later issued a removal order, Joachim was allowed to remain in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a humanitarian program Trump has previously denounced as being widely misused. TPS for Joachim reportedly expired in 2024, but he was never deported. Following the attack, Trump argued that lax border and immigration enforcement under the Biden administration has allowed dangerous individu