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DHS Begins Weekly Deportations of Haitians After TPS Ends

8/30/2026

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DHS Deportations

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security began deporting Haitian nationals after their Temporary Protected Status ended, using charter flights to Haiti in August 2026.
Critics denounced the flights as propaganda aimed at Black Haitians, ignoring contributions and Haiti’s crisis, with expert Aaron Reichlin-Melnick labeling the DHS video propaganda.
June 2026 Supreme Court ruling let DHS revoke TPS for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.

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Yiannopoulos Arrested

U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Milo Yiannopoulos at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Thursday, August 29, 2026.
Conservative activist Laura Loomer said she exposed Yiannopoulos’s illegal-alien lifestyle and claimed credit for his arrest.
Yiannopoulos previously championed deportation policies and urged ICE checkpoints at California supermarkets and gas stations.
DHS said Yiannopoulos entered in May 2019, later overstayed his visa, and has not commented.

Center

DHS Deports Haitians

U.S. Department of Homeland Security began deporting Haitian nationals whose Temporary Protected Status ended, using charter flights to Cap-Haïtien in late August 2026.
Deportation flights have accelerated from a monthly to a weekly schedule and have included children.
In June 2026 Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to terminate Haitian TPS, affecting over 300,000 people.
A flight on August 23, 2026 carried 57 deportees, including a U.S.-born one-year-old, to Cap-Haïtien.

Blindspot

U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents arrested commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on August 29, 2026, after he was found to have overstayed his 2019 visa.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Right-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning and Center-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

After the 1991 overthrow of Haiti’s elected president sparked a wave of boat refugees detained at Guantanamo, the 1990s saw U.S. policy offer temporary protection to many Haitian refugees. Decades later, the Department of Homeland Security’s August 23, 2026 deportations occurred just weeks after the Supreme Court’s June 2026 ruling that ended TPS for more than 300,000 Haitians.

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DHS Deportations

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security began deporting Haitian nationals after their Temporary Protected Status ended, using charter flights to Haiti in August 2026.
Critics denounced the flights as propaganda aimed at Black Haitians, ignoring contributions and Haiti’s crisis, with expert Aaron Reichlin-Melnick labeling the DHS video propaganda.
June 2026 Supreme Court ruling let DHS revoke TPS for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.

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