Since the U.S. ended Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in late July 2026, more than 450 people have been deported to Haiti, according to Haiti's National Office for Migration, with flights to Cap-Haïtien increasing from monthly to weekly because criminal groups have made the Port-au-Prince airport unsafe. Human Rights Watch visited Cap-Haïtien from August 24 to 30, interviewing 44 deportees who arrived on the first two post-TPS flights, and directly observed the August 27 arrival; many described being detained without explanation, some with pending asylum claims they could not pursue, and arriving with few belongings after being held in poor conditions in U.S. detention facilities. Haitian authorities said they lack the funding, staff, and infrastructure to safely receive and support deportees, who are given a meal, a drink, and about $77 in cash before being left to fend for themselves in Cap-Haïtien, a city whose population has tripled amid surging gang violence and hunger. Many interviewees had lived and worked in the U.S. for years, some with U.S. citizen children, and expressed fear of being killed after returning to areas controlled by criminal groups; Human Rights Watch is calling on the U.S. Senate to pass House-approved legislation that would reinstate TPS for Haitians.