The Trump administration has despatched the primary deportation flight to Haiti since short-term protected standing (TPS) ended for 1000’s of Haitians.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight carrying 161 passengers landed at Cap Haitien Airport, departing from Alexandria, Louisiana, on Thursday, in keeping with a Division of Homeland Safety official and the Nationwide Civil Aviation Workplace of Haiti.
The entire passengers had been launched, in keeping with Cuban officers.
It’s unclear if any former TPS holders had been on the deportation flight. ICE has beforehand carried out deportation flights to Haiti beneath the Trump administration, however Thursday’s flight is the primary one since TPS ended.
A Haitian flag is is seen flying within the Little Haiti neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 2026.
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ABC Information beforehand reported that a whole bunch of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had been in america beneath TPS had been summoned by DHS for in-person check-ins with the company, the place some have been fitted with ankle monitors.
The flight comes as TPS for Haiti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Syria, Myanmar and different international locations ended following a U.S. Supreme Courtroom order in June that allowed the Trump administration to finish TPS for greater than 350,000 Haitians.
On Thursday, a third-country deportation flight landed in Liberia, marking the primary pressured third-country switch to the West African nation beneath a deportation settlement with the U.S. authorities.
