More than 100 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti's capital on Thursday to reinforce a security mission whose future has been in limbo, after the U.S. froze some funding before passing a waiver to unlock a separate batch of funds.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is "committed to continue to work" with the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti. Rubio spoke in the Dominican Republic,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has approved waivers to a U.S. foreign aid freeze, allowing US$40.7 million in funding for the Haitian National Police and the multinational security mission in Haiti, the State Department confirmed Wednesday.

As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last enclaves not currently under their control, the multinational fight to end their terror is being impeded by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.

The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers need increase to restore peace and stability to the country, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.

As he visits the Dominican Republic on the final stop of his five-day overseas mission to the region, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sending strong assurances that the Trump administration is not shutting down the United Nations-authorized and heavily U.