The reports of the gangs took months to make news. But once they are there, our heroes make an issue of not fully vetted rumors of cat eating.
I have to question the motives of those who brought the latter to the attention of JD Vance and subsequently Donald Trump. The open borders casually malfeasant letting in all sorts of known and potential criminals, and young men of military age, and the consequential upshots from this lax policy are verifiable even with the disavowals by the usual suspects.
We all have doubts about the judgment of our preferred candidate. We need to be up front. This is not good. Period.
UPDATE: The following is not relevant to my point. But I think you need to see it anyway. The Haitians are not our greatest worry and bringing them up at the same time as the Venezuelan gangs (tip of the iceberg) diluted our offensive greatly.
It is only evidence of the potential for the rumors to be true, and still does not vet them.