A new report from Fox News’ Bill Melugin has confirmed that the man who bludgeoned a Florida woman to death with a hammer outside of a gas station in broad daylight earlier this month is an illegal Haitian immigrant who the Biden administration caught and later released back in 2022.
BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that the suspect charged w/ murdering an innocent gas station clerk in Fort Meyers, FL by bludgeoning her to death with a hammer is a Haitian illegal alien who was caught & released at the border by the Biden admin in 2022. An immigration judge… pic.twitter.com/kzDAwg0aCl
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 7, 2026
Melugin reported that Rolbert Joachim had been ordered to be deported by a judge, but the Biden administration intervened by offering him Temporary Protected Status in 2022. He then went on to beat a gas station clerk to death.
🚨 HOLY CRAP. The man who brutally m*rdered an innocent gas station clerk in Fort Myers, Florida is a HAITIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN caught and released by Biden in 2022 — Fox's @BillMelugin_
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 7, 2026
This is jaw-dropping betrayal. HE HAD TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
This is why they ALL must go… pic.twitter.com/aCyXCjzp02
“This illegal alien barbarically hit this woman in the head multiple times with a hammer. This heinous murderer was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Not only did the Biden administration release him into the country, but they then gave him temporary protected status. Their reckless immigration policies cost this woman her life,” said Acting Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News.
The Trump administration moved to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians last year, but were subverted by a federal judge who cherry-picked examples of individuals who were granted legal status under TPS to prove that “Haitian immigrants are overwhelmingly law-abiding, with incarceration rates lower than those of native-born Americans.”
🚨 BREAKING: Biden activist Judge Ana Reyes BLOCKS President Trump from terminating Temporary Protected Status for over 350,000 THOUSAND Haitian migrants tomorrow — they soon would've been deportable
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 3, 2026
THE JUDICIAL COUP MUST END!
This judge wrote an UNHINGED leftist "order"… pic.twitter.com/KpHWU068US
She further argued that then DHS Sec. Kristi Noem only canceled TPS for Haitians out of hatred for “non-white immigrants.”
Joachim was later arrested and now remains in custody.
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