First group of deportees arrives in troubled Haiti after U.S. ends TPS program
- The United States deported more than 160 people to Haiti on Thursday after the Trump administration prevailed in a legal fight to end Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitians.
- The plane landed in Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti because the main airport in Port-au-Prince was considered too dangerous amid gang violence and a U.S. ban on commercial flights to the capital.
- Many of the deportees covered their faces and declined to speak, citing fear of gangs that control most of Port-au-Prince and territory beyond it.
- Haitian migration chief Jean Négot Bonheur Delva said the group included TPS holders and Haitians who had served prison sentences in the United States.
- Delva said some deportees were not born in Haiti, including one man born in the Dominican Republic, and that the government offered each person up to $65 plus food and drink.
- Officials said people unable to reach home immediately would be held in secure spaces before continuing their trip.
The United States deported more than 160 people to Haiti on Thursday, marking the first such flight since the Trump administration won a legal fight to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians. The deportees arrived in a country already facing deep instability and widespread gang violence.
The flight landed in Cap-Haitien in the north because the main airport in Port-au-Prince was considered too dangerous. The U.S. government also has a ban on commercial flights to the capital through early September because of the security situation.
Many of the deportees wore white clothing and covered their faces as journalists recorded their arrival. Most did not speak, with some saying they feared gangs that control most of Port-au-Prince and large areas beyond it. Haitian migration director Jean Négot Bonheur Delva said the group included TPS holders and people who had served prison sentences in the United States, and that some were not born in Haiti even though they were of Haitian descent.
Delva said Haitian officials gave the deportees up to $65 each, along with food and drink. He added that those unable to reach their homes immediately would be sheltered in secure spaces before continuing their journey.
美国结束临时保护身份后，首批被遣返者抵达动荡的海地
美国周四将160多人遣返回海地，这是特朗普政府在法律上获胜、得以终止约35万名海地人临时保护身份（TPS）后的首次遣返航班。遣返者抵达时，海地本身正处于严重动荡和普遍帮派暴力之中。
这架飞机降落在北部城市海地角，而不是太子港，因为太子港的主要机场被认为过于危险。由于安全局势，美国政府目前也禁止飞往海地首都的商业航班，禁令持续到9月初。
许多遣返者身穿白衣并遮住面部，记者记录到他们抵达的场景。大多数人拒绝发言，有人表示担心遭到控制太子港大部分地区及更广范围的帮派报复。海地移民局负责人让-内戈·博努尔·德尔瓦说，这批人包括TPS持有人和曾在美国服刑的人，其中一些人虽有海地血统，但并非出生在海地。
德尔瓦说，海地官员向每人发放了最高65美元，并提供食物和饮料。他还表示，暂时无法立即回家的人员会先被安置在安全地点，之后再继续前往住处。