Trump Administration Expands Deportations to Haiti, Flies Haitians to Equatorial Guinea, T

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Trump Administration Expands Deportations to Haiti, Flies Haitians to Equatorial Guinea, T
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  1. Trump administration ended TPS for more than 350,000 Haitians in June. The Trump administration has sent the first deportation flight to Haiti since temporary protected status (TPS) ended for thousands of Haitians.

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    The Guardian US

    The deportation flight was the first since the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for those Haitians living and working in the US with that protection, and comes after US officials warned Haitian authorities to expect an increase in removals.

  2. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight carrying 161 passengers landed at Cap Haitien Airport, departing from Alexandria, Louisiana, on Thursday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official and the National Civil Aviation Office of Haiti.

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    The Guardian US

    The flight was carrying more that 160 Haitian nationals and landed in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti’s second-largest city, aboard an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) charter.

  3. 5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia Five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

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    Reuters

    Migrants flown to Equatorial Guinea after resisting Liberia deportation under Trump deal, sources say - Reuters Migrants flown to Equatorial Guinea after resisting Liberia deportation under Trump deal, sources say  Reuters

    ABC News

    On Thursday, a third-country deportation flight landed in Liberia, marking the first forced third-country transfer to the West African nation under a deportation agreement with the U.S. government.

    Washington Times

    DAKAR, Senegal — Twenty migrants deported from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, the first group of an eventual 1,200 deportees that the West African country says it will receive from the U.S. under a new deal.

  4. Immigration lawyers believe that the Trump administration is using deportations to third countries as a legal loophole to indirectly force asylum seekers to return to Mexico when the government cannot send them there because it would violate court orders from immigration judges that recognize the dangers. Organizations and politicians both inside and outside the U.S. have also questioned the use of force by U.S. immigration authorities.

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    Washington Times

    Immigration lawyers say the practice is being used as a legal loophole to indirectly return some asylum-seekers to countries they fled. Authorities in Liberia have said the deportees being welcomed in their country can seek asylum there or leave if they choose.

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  1. 01 The Guardian US

    The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety concerns as journalists filmed their arrival. Nearly all declined to talk with the media, with some indicating they fear being targeted by gangs that control an estimated 70% of Port-au-Prince and swathes of land beyond.

  2. 02 New York Times

    U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.

  3. 03 HuffPost

    GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent at least dozens more to Honduras, according to official data, a shift from the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term when such transfers were minimal.

  4. 04 Washington Times

    Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to two dozen countries that aren’t their own, as it pushes ahead with its immigration crackdown, advocates say.

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Lean Left First deportation flight lands in Haiti after TPS suspension — The Guardian US
Lean Left U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say — New York Times
Lean Left 5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia — New York Times
Center Migrants flown to Equatorial Guinea after resisting Liberia deportation under Trump deal, sources say - Reuters — Reuters
Left Over 2,300 Mexicans Sent To Guatemala, Honduras As Trump Ramps Up Third-Country Deportations — HuffPost
Lean Left Trump admin sends 1st deportation flight to Haiti since ending TPS — ABC News
Lean Right U.S. has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here's why — Washington Times