More than 150 Haitian nationals were deported to Haiti from the United States on Thursday, marking the first group of over 300,000 Haitians who lost their legal status after the U.S. administration decided not to renew their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), following a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the policy.

The group arrived on a charter flight operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti’s second-largest city in the north, according to a source from the Haitian Foreign Ministry. The deportees were received by migration authorities and Haitian Police in Cap-Haïtien.

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The main Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince remains closed due to the siege by armed gangs that control much of the capital.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated TPS for more than 300,000 Haitian citizens at the end of July, after the Supreme Court backed the Trump administration’s argument that conditions in Haiti have improved enough for safe return, despite ongoing gang activity. TPS is a U.S. benefit granted to nationals of countries facing serious temporary crises such as wars or natural disasters.

Haitian families on TPS are part of the fabric of our community and our economy.

They’re neighbors, workers, and friends who have been in the U.S. legally to stay safe from horrific violence in Haiti.

It is cruel for Donald Trump to end TPS protections for them now.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) August 19, 2026

Haiti is experiencing a severe crisis across all sectors, particularly insecurity from armed gangs, with thousands displaced and many facing hunger, according to the text. The country, the poorest in the Americas, has faced years of multifaceted crisis, especially high levels of violence. U.N. data indicate that violence in Haiti caused at least 2,310 deaths and 1,106 injuries in the first five months of the year, and armed gangs control about 90% of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.

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