riding on and that someone onboard reached out to other religious contacts to tell them what happened and ask for prayers. the the group of mostly americans, 15-17 of them, part of the ohio-based christian aid ministries operating in haiti. the associated press reports that a ministry member sent this yesterday. quote: this is a special prayer alert. pray that the gang members would come to repentance. in a statement provided fox news, the state department confirmed they are aware of the ongoing situation and, quote: the welfare and safety of u.s. citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the department of state. the missionaries had remained in haiti despite a do not travel advisory in place by the state department citing the risk of being kidnappedded specifically. fox news was told that the members of the group are largely from amish and mennonite communities. here s illinois congressman adam kinzinger. we need to track down where they are and see if negotiations without
arthel: well, the ongoing crisis at our southern border now has president biden taking a page out of former president trump s playbook. white house officials say the administration plans to reinstate the trump era remain in mexico policy for asylum seekers by mid november. mike tobin is live near the border in texas with details. mike. reporter: and i can tell you an example of how this flow of migrants is constant out here. our fox news flight team is just about 3 miles away from the location where i am, and in the last hour they watched a group of migrants come across with 7 individuals, 1 female. they were from mexico, el salvador, guatemala and honduras. and what s interesting about these people as they came across, some of them considered runners meaning they re not going to check in with border protection. they since have been loaded up to the processed by the federal authorities. but last night fox news cameras caught two groups of migrants coming across the border
to on a military front or police front. we keep them in our prayers, and the u.s. government will do everything we can to get them back. reporter: haiti s state of profound unrest was set off by the assassination of their president and an earthquake that killed thousands. no word at this point if official contact has been made with the missionaries or their abductors n. washington, alexandria hoff, fox news. arthel: going to bring in joel reuben, former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama and executive director of the add vote cat city advocate9 city group american jewish congress. last year there were 234 reported keyed nappings, so far this year 328. in general, what s your take on this? arthel, first and foremost, my heart goes out to the families of those who were kidnapped and people who do mission work are doing the lord s work. so hopefully, these individuals will be returned home soon.
apparently was mistaken for islamic terrorists. trey yingst is live in doha, qatar, and has reaction, spoken to those family members. hi, trey. reporter: eric, good afternoon. first, we do have some fresh reporting. today a ninth qatari evacuation flight landed here in doha from kabul with 353 people onboard, that according to a senior qatari official. this does come amid some news regarding the united states. you might remember weeks ago a u.s. drone strike in afghanistan killed ten civilians. well, now the u.s. military is offering to pay the families of those who died. on friday pentagon press secretary john kirby said the department of defense is committed to making condolence payments and working to relocate surviving family members to the united states. the undersecretary of defense spoke to ceo of an aid organization that was mistakenly targeted in the strike. one of the group s workers was the main target that american officials initially called a
actually help the crisis we re in now. however, republicans say, no, that is why americans are seeing this stalemate as they wait for some type of economic relief. arthel? arthel: david spunt live at the white house, thanks, david. eric. eric: claiming a notorious gang for the kidnapping of a group of 17 christian missionaries. that group reportedly includes 16 u.s. citizens, 1 canadian. seven of them are women, five men, and it also includes five children. reports say a the that group was taken from a bus on their way home from helping build an orphanage near port-au-prince. the group, also part of a ohio-based organization called christian aid ministries. sources tell fox news that many of the members who were kidnapped, well, they re actually part of the mennonite community who hail from lancaster, pennsylvania. alexandria hoff has more. reporter: it is believed that gang members took over a bus that the missionaries were