Tessa Petit, executive director of the Florida Immigration Coalition and a Haitian immigrant, warned the move will result in "mass murder."

The U.S. Defense Department is considering new locations to house migrants, including Fort Bliss in Texas. The news comes as the Trump administration announced it will end temporary protected status of Haitian migrants.

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is moving to terminate a set of protections known as Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants who came to the U.S. while former President Joe Biden was in office, according to an internal memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.