Haitian immigrants find themselves at the center of presidential politics this fall, as former President Trump and his supporters repeatedly make baseless claims about them.

Most of them came here to escape Haiti's humanitarian crisis, brought on by wide-scale gang violence.

Ali Rogan tells us how Haitian leaders are trying to restore the rule of law.

Outside the small town, tells us how Haitian leaders are trying to restore the rule of law.

Outside the small town of Pont-Sonde, residents try to flee violence in a country where it is becoming inescapable. The Grand Griff gang last month used canoes to mount a surprise attack against the riverfront town.

At least 115 people, including

young mothers, babies, and the elderly were massacred. I lost many, many relatives, nieces, cousins,

aunts, uncles, they're all dead. They were buried without a funeral. They dug holes and put them

inside. The gang had warned that it planned to target the town, leaving survivors asking why

nothing was done to stop them.

Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gary Conneal visited the wounded and urged locals to trust

the police.

I don't know how long it is going to take one day or one month.

The police cannot do this work alone. It needs to be done with the population, and the population needs to start to play its part.

We will be very strict with the gangs to bring them to justice.

But that justice has proven elusive.

Haiti's roughly 12,000 police officers are outgunned.

More than 150 armed gangs are sprawled throughout the country.

Many wielding firearms trafficked from the United States.

The Pont Sond attack was the island nation's latest mass slaughter in a long chapter of

violence.

Since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mouise by

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