Haitian Migrant Charged With Triple Murder Entered U.S. Under Biden’s Migrant Program

A 26-year-old Haitian migrant named Mackendy Darbouze, who has been charged with triple murder in Fayetteville, North Carolina. According to authorities, Darbouze allegedly killed three family members—77-year-old Beatrice Desir, a 13-year-old, and a 4-year-old—by stabbing them on February 21, 2025. Police responded to a 911 call at a residence around 9 a.m. that day after reports of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found the three victims with stab wounds; Darbouze reportedly greeted them at the door with blood on his hands, face, and pants. Surveillance footage allegedly showed him walking around with a knife, and investigators later found a bloody knife in his room. He was arrested at the scene and is being held without bond at the Cumberland County Detention Center. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on him.

Darbouze entered the United States in July 2024 under the Biden administration’s Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) migrant parole program, which allowed up to 30,000 individuals per month from these countries to fly into the U.S. and be paroled for up to two years if they had a financial sponsor. ICE confirmed that Darbouze, who does not speak English and was interviewed in Haitian Creole, arrived via this program, which has faced criticism for its vetting processes and for not reducing overall migrant inflows, as participants were flown directly into U.S. airports rather than crossing the southern border illegally. The program, launched in 2022 for Venezuelans and expanded in 2023 to include Haitians, Cubans, and Nicaraguans, was touted by the Biden administration as a way to manage migration more orderly but was shut down by President Donald Trump via executive order on his first day in office in 2025, though not before over 530,000 individuals had entered through it.

This case has drawn attention due to the severity of the crime and its connection to the controversial CHNV program, echoing other incidents involving migrants paroled into the U.S., such as the murder of Laken Riley by a Venezuelan national who also entered under the same initiative. The incident has fueled ongoing debates about immigration policy, vetting procedures, and public safety.