Florida — Rep. Daniel Webster is asking the President to bring in the Navy to help guard Florida shores against immigrants coming from Haiti.

The lawmaker fears a wave of migrants will try to reach the Sunshine State.

We caught up with the Republican District 11 Congressman recently, handing out medals and meeting with Vietnam Veterans at Watercrest Buena Vista Senior Living Center in The Villages.

Webster thanked them for their service and for protecting America's freedoms, which he says includes legal immigration to the U.S., something he's worried about as gangs continue their rampage in Haiti.

“If they're illegal, they are supposed to be repatriated. We're doing that,” the Clermont Congressman said.

Webster chairs the Coast Guard and Maritime Subcommittee. He and three other Florida Republican members of Congress — Gus Bilirakis, Anna Paulina Luna, and Matt Gaetz — have sent President Joe Biden a letter, stating concerns over an "anticipated mass migration" of Haitians to Florida.

They are requesting Navy forces join the Coast Guard, and state and local officers patrolling our coast to stop the potential wave of migrants coming to the country illegally.

“The Coast Guard protects people. They rescue people. But we don't want to see anybody that is sort of a person that we don't want to have here come over and do damage to America,” Webster said. 

So far, it's not happening in the waves Webster predicted, but crossings done illegally are happening.

Two weeks ago, Fish and Wildlife officers stopped a boat off Brevard County that had 25 Haitian immigrants with guns and drugs.

Webster says he's trying to help people in his district — which includes all of Sumter County and parts of Lake, Orange and Polk counties — that are Americans trying to escape Haiti. Some have been flown back by the Florida Division of Emergency Management to Orlando, and some have been airlifted to Florida by teams organized by Republican Congressman Cory Mills.

Webster says he also supports the $300 million Defense Department investment in funding the Kenyan-led multi-national security mission to try and stop the gang violence to protect innocent Haiti civilians.

“They're afraid of what's happening, what could happen, what's happened to them personally and what's happening in their country, and so we're there to help out,” Webster said. 

Webster urges the families of any Floridians who may be trapped in Haiti to contact his office, the State Department's "crisis intake" portal online, or FloridaDisaster.org for guidance on requesting evacuation from the island nation.