U.S. deports more than 160 people to Haiti
The United States returned 161 people to Haiti on Aug. 20, 2026, in the first deportation since courts cleared a path to end Temporary Protected Status for many Haitians. The flight landed in Cap-Haitien because Port-au-Prince airport is considered too dangerous and U.S. commercial flights to the capital remain banned through early September. Haitian officials said the group included TPS holders and people who had served prison sentences, and that migrants were offered up to $65 and temporary secure hosting. The deportations follow recent Supreme Court and lower-court rulings and raise immediate safety and capacity concerns amid widespread gang control and mass displacement.
The United States deported 161 people to Haiti amid rising violence.
Context
In late June the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the termination of the TPS program that had protected many Haitians. A federal judge lifted a block on deportations in early August, and deportation flights to Cap-Haitien have resumed.
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