US deports more than 100 people to Haiti as gang violence persists

The U.S. government has deported more than 100 individuals to Haiti as gang violence continues to persist in the country. On Thursday, the flight departed from Louisiana and landed in Cap-Haitien, a northern Haitian city. This marks the third consecutive Thursday on which deportees have been sent to Haiti, indicating a shift from monthly to weekly flights, according to Human Rights First's ICE Flight Monitor.

A total of over 200 people were deported to Haiti in late August on two separate flights. Nicolas Mardochée, a coordinator with Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that 101 deportees were on board the Thursday flight, including Renan Hédouville, who was once the leader of Haiti’s Office of Citizen Protection and is accused of corruption.

Activists have expressed concern over the deportation of individuals, including those with Temporary Protected Status, who had been lawfully residing and working in the United States. The deportees arrived in Cap-Haitien because the main international airport in Port-au-Prince is deemed too dangerous due to the control of gangs, which reportedly have influence over 70% of Haiti's capital and significant portions of the country's central region.

Gang violence has forced a record number of nearly 1.5 million people to flee Haiti, resulting in over 3,050 reported deaths from January to June. Since December 2025, deportation flights have originated from Alexandria, Louisiana, with a stop in Miami before reaching Cap-Haitien International Airport.