Trump Administration Ends TPS for Over 350,000 Haitians, Sends First Deportation Flight to
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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 USThe 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.
The HillICE begins deporting Haitians who lost temporary protections The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out its first deportation flight to Haiti on Thursday since the Trump administration terminated deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians earlier this year. The plane, which carried over 160 people, arrived in the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien, The Associated Press reported. The U.S. currently…
BreitbartPresident Donald Trump’s deputies have begun deporting the Haitians who were imported by President Joe Biden.
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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 USThe 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.
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The deportees included TPS holders and Haitians who had served prison sentences, said Jean Négot Bonheur Delva, director general of Haiti’s National Office of Migration.
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The Guardian USJean Négot Bonheur Delva, director general of Haiti’s national office of migration, told the Miami Herald that the flight also included people who were born in Chile and the Dominican Republic, but were sent to Haiti because they had a Haitian parent.
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U.S. sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to nearly two dozen countries that aren't their own, advocates say, with about 10 of them in Africa.
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ABC NewsOn 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 TimesDAKAR, 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.
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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 TimesImmigration 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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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.
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02 Breitbart The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival. Nearly all declined to talk, with some fearing being targeted by gangs that control an estimated 70% of Port-au-Prince and swaths of land beyond.
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03 ABC News ABC News previously reported that hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had been in the United States under TPS were summoned by DHS for in-person check-ins with the agency, where some have been fitted with ankle monitors.
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04 Washington Times Here’s what to know about the deportations: Why some African countries accept deportees
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05 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.
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