America-born children among Haitians deported from United States

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Several children, including a one-year-old child born in the United States, were among the latest batch of Haitians deported from the United States on Thursday to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

Haitian authorities confirmed that the child arrived on the ICE Air Global X charter flight A6196, carrying 57 Haitians, including several other children born in the United States, when the second flight in a week landed in Cap-Haïtien.

Deportation flights to Haiti had been occurring, on average, once a month, but the Trump administration has ramped up its programme following the US Supreme Court’s decision authorising the government to end Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS).