(17 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cap-Haïtien, Haiti – 16 July 2025
1. Various of Haitian deportees getting off a plane coming from Florida
2. Deportees walking with their faces covered
3. Various of armed police
4. Armed police officers guarding deportees
5. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) (No name given), Deportee:
“I entered the United States in September 2021. After some problems with the police, ICE sent me a message asking me to present myself – this was on November 24. I did not want to flee, and some people told me to go to Canada, but I said “no,” I will surrender. After some time in jail, I asked them to send me back to my country. I am not a thief in my country, and I did not want to stay in prison. I am happy to be back in my country.”
6. Various of deportees walking with their faces covered
7. Deported women walking and covering their faces with their hands
8. Various of deportees walking with their faces covered
9. Various of deportees getting into police vehicles
STORYLINE:
U.S authorities deported another ninety-five Haitans on Wednesday.
The flight from Florida arrived in the northern city of Cap-Haïtien, where armed police officers waited on the tarmac.
According to authorities, some of the deportees have criminal records and were serving time in the United States.
Many migrants disembarked from the plane with their faces covered and refused to identify themselves.
One of the deportees said he chose to give himself up to ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and be repatriated. “ I did not want to stay in prison. I am happy to be back in my country,” he said
Eleven women were among the ninety-five deportees.
The immigrants were processed in a makeshift facility set up at the airport in Cap-Haïtien in February when the first deportation flight arrived in the country.
The police detained the repatriates, who will be investigated on a case-by-case basis before being released to go home.
In June, the Department of Homeland Security terminated legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation.
It is unclear if any of the deportees were in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status that allows people already in the United States to stay and work legally if their homelands are deemed unsafe.
Immigrants from 17 countries, including Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan and Lebanon, were receiving those protections before President Donald Trump took office for his second term in January.
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