An Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight departed from Alexandria, Louisiana, and landed at Cap-Haïtien International Airport with 161 passengers, according to U.S. and Haitian officials. The Miami Herald reported that Haiti’s National Office of Migration had initially expected 175 people but later confirmed that 161 arrived. ABC News reported that it remained unclear whether any former TPS beneficiaries were among those deported, underscoring that the flight should not be characterized as exclusively involving people whose protected status had expired.

The flight follows the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for more than 350,000 Haitians, a decision that took effect after a federal court allowed the administration to proceed following a Supreme Court ruling in June. TPS had allowed eligible Haitians already in the United States to remain and work legally because of conditions in Haiti, where gang violence, displacement and political instability have continued. More than 1.4 million Haitians have been internally displaced, according to figures cited by The Washington Post, while humanitarian organizations have warned that people returned to the country can face serious security risks.