Haitian man who's lived in Florida for decades and was due to marry his girlfriend is sent back to burning island on one of Biden's deportation flights

An Orlando man who was one of 50 people deported back to Haiti has spoken out.

Gerson Joseph, 40, said he was unknowingly on the deportation flight from Louisiana to Miami to Haiti last week, and has been stuck in his native country ever since.

In a phone interview with local NBC affiliate WSCV, Joseph detailed the protest that was happening on board the plane.

'When the plane was taking off 80% of the people on the plane stood up on the plane, saying. "I didn't wanna go,"' he said.

'They flew the plane up with us still standing in the plane.' 

Gerson Joseph (pictured), 40, said he was unknowingly on the deportation flight from Louisiana to Miami to Haiti last week

Joseph said he has been stuck in his now war-torn home country since

Joseph said the other Haitians on the flight protested, even standing during takeoff

While Joseph was born in Haiti, he spent his adult life in Orlando. 

'They dropped us over here with no travel documents, I don't even have a paper that can identify who I am right now, where I'm at,' he said.

He said he has no where to go for shelter in Haiti, which has recently fallen victim to extreme gun and gang violence.

'I have no idea what I'm going to do,' he said. 'I barely sleep, man. I am not going to lie to you, I barely sleep, I am moving from place to place.'

Leaders of the Haitian American community in south Florida called on President Biden to halt further deportation initiatives, citing the severe circumstances in Haiti, and expressed their indignation over the restart of the deportation flight program on Tuesday.

Joseph said he was deported because he has missed immigration court dates, which he said he was unaware of because letters notifying him got lost in the mail.

After settling a court case in Orlando where he was accused of criminal mischief, Joseph was taken into ICE custody at the Krome Detention Center and later deported.

'While I was at Krome, they approved for me and my fiancé to get married and everything, so I could stay in the U.S.,' he said.

His 7-year-old daughter is in Orlando with her mother.

Those with deportation orders will be returned to their home countries, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

Joseph (pictured) said he was deported because he has missed immigration court dates, which he said he was unaware of because letters notifying him got lost in the mail

Joseph  (pictured) said he has no where to go for shelter in Haiti, which has recently fallen victim to extreme gun violence

While Joseph (pictured) was at the Krome Detention Center in Miami, they approved for him and his fiancé to get married so he could stay in the U.S.

Leaders of the Haitian American community in south Florida called on President Biden to halt further deportation initiatives, citing the severe circumstances in Haiti

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said they are 'monitoring the situation in Haiti'

Haiti has been taken over by violent gang members who run the streets of the war-torn Caribbean nation since the prime minister resigned three weeks ago amid the carnage

The department stated on April 19 that it is 'monitoring the situation in Haiti.'

Haiti has been taken over by violent gang members who run the streets of the war-torn Caribbean nation since the prime minister resigned three weeks ago amid the carnage.

In the last month, the heavily armed gangs have been targeting key infrastructure across the capital, Port-au-Prince, including police stations, the main international airport that remains closed and Haiti´s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.  

Most terrifying of the gang leaders is Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier, who appears intent on toppling the government as it tries to restore order.

Gangs control most of the territory that surrounds the presidential palace, but a transitional council charged with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet is demanding its members be sworn in there. 

The council wants the ceremony to take place on Wednesday in defiance of the gangs, but 'Barbecue' warned them to think twice.

'Whether or not you're installed, this message is for you: Brace yourselves,' he said in a Tuesday video shared on social media.

William O´Neill, the U.N. rights expert for Haiti, said the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle 'catastrophic' gang violence, which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions.

In 2023, the number of people killed and injured as a result of gang violence increased significantly, with 4,451 killed and 1,668 injured, O'Neill's report said.