Documents show that the Trump administration plans to launch additional repatriation flights to Haiti as soon as this week. The move was aimed at speeding up the expulsion of thousands of Haitians; a project expired this summer, and their legal residency status lapsed. Documents show that the government plans to increase the frequency of repatriation flights from once a month to once a week, and hundreds more people may be repatriated every month. The relevant flights are expected to remain on a weekly basis in the short term, but a US official warned that the plan is still being finalized. In June of this year, the Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing the government to terminate the temporary protected status of Haiti. Since then, the government has begun to push forward with this deportation operation. The temporary protection status program will suspend the repatriation of people from specific countries. The criteria for determining that the situation in the country is turbulent and that citizens should not be deported back to the country.

Documents show that the Trump administration plans to launch additional repatriation flights to Haiti as soon as this week. The move was aimed at speeding up the expulsion of thousands of Haitians; a project expired this summer, and their legal residency status lapsed. Documents show that the government plans to increase the frequency of repatriation flights from once a month to once a week, and hundreds more people may be repatriated every month. The relevant flights are expected to remain on a weekly basis in the short term, but a US official warned that the plan is still being finalized. In June of this year, the Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing the government to terminate the temporary protected status of Haiti. Since then, the government has begun to push forward with this deportation operation. The temporary protection status program will suspend the repatriation of people from specific countries. The criteria for determining that the situation in the country is turbulent and that citizens should not be deported back to the country.