Overview

• ICE says Vorbe was arrested on September 23 in Miami and is being held at the Krome North Processing Center pending deportation proceedings.
• The agency cited a State Department finding that he supported gangs that destabilized Haiti and that his presence could have “grave adverse consequences” for U.S. foreign policy.
• U.S. officials present the case as part of a wider push targeting Haitian elites, following the recent Florida arrest of Réginald Boulos and determinations linking backers to the group Viv Ansanm.
• His detention came a day after Washington sanctioned two former Haitian officials tied to the Vorbe family for what it described as significant corruption.
• Vorbe has lived in the U.S. since 2020 and held Temporary Protected Status with a case pending before an immigration judge, according to the Miami Herald.