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In 2026, as part of its immigration crackdown, the Trump administration ended an immigration program that provided temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians who had fled violence and upheaval for the U.S. The administration said Haiti was now safe enough for them to return home. But what is the reality on the ground?
In Haiti Deportation Crisis, with rare access, filmmakers Adam Desiderio and Sebastian Walker go inside Haiti in search of answers. The documentary offers a vivid, up-close look at the extent and impact of gang violence in Haiti, the efforts to combat it, and the rising fears among Haitians in the U.S. of being deported.
In Haiti Deportation Crisis, with rare access, filmmakers Adam Desiderio and Sebastian Walker go inside Haiti in search of answers. The documentary offers a vivid, up-close look at the extent and impact of gang violence in Haiti, the efforts to combat it, and the rising fears among Haitians in the U.S. of being deported.
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00:01Music
00:21Is there any part of the city for civilians where they can be safe?
00:25From on the ground in Haiti
00:26Why are you hiding your identity?
00:28Are you worried about safety here?
00:30To the risk of deportation in the United States
00:33More than 300,000 Haitians lost their temporary protected status
00:36Temporary protected status was just that, temporary
00:39Of course it's better for them to get to stay
00:41But is it better for the American people?
00:43For many families it is the difference between unity and separation
00:48Correspondent Sebastian Walker investigates
00:50Are you afraid of being targeted?
00:53I do not let fear dominate me
00:55But as a human being I have fear as everybody else
00:59Now on Frontline, Haiti deportation crisis
01:25This program contains content which may not be suitable for all audiences
01:29Viewer discretion is advised
01:49It's August 2026 and an ICE deportation flight has just arrived from Miami
02:07Among the people getting off the plane are some who, until a few weeks ago, had held temporary protected status
02:14in the US
02:15TPS, TPS, an immigration program that had just been ended by the Trump administration
02:21Many are hiding their identities out of fear of being targeted for kidnapping by the armed gangs who now control
02:27large parts of this country
02:41This man said he'd been living in Toledo, Ohio
02:45When TPS ended
02:46When was the last time you were here in Haiti?
02:49When was the last time you were here in Haiti?
02:50When was the last time you were here in Haiti?
02:50In 2014
02:52Where are you from?
02:53I'm from Sermal
02:54So would you try to get back there?
02:56Do you have any family there?
02:58No, I don't know nobody here
02:59All my brother and my sister, they are in the US
03:03You know
03:04I lost my father, my mom, you know, here
03:08I don't know what I can do
03:10I've been in America since I was five years old
03:12I did the 17 years in prison, didn't give me a chance to rehabilitate
03:17So they got me in this weird island that I don't even know
03:19The Department of Homeland Security said there were 15 dangerous criminals among the roughly 160 deportees
03:27Others we spoke to said they had no criminal records
03:30And had left young children behind in the US
03:34I have a 17-month-old, a 6-year-old and my husband
03:39Oh my God, do they know where you are?
03:43So, as of today, they know where I am
03:46I've not seen my family since I was picked up
03:49I was moved five times
03:52So when the lawyer filed the motion
03:54Every single time they had to file a new motion to a new location
03:58I was in the United States for 20 years
04:02Went to school, graduated high school and college
04:06Earned a doctoral degree
04:08PPS status ended
04:10And as a pharmacist, I ended up losing my job
04:14You were a pharmacist professionally for how long?
04:17For nine years in the state of Florida
04:20I was earning a six-figure, paying my taxes
04:24I've left this country at 14 years old
04:28I'm not really sure what I'm going to do
04:31This is like foreign land to me
04:36The US government first granted TPS to Haitians in 2010
04:40After a devastating earthquake destroyed much of the country's infrastructure
04:44Since then, successive US administrations have renewed and expanded it
04:50As Haiti faced widespread hunger
04:52The assassination of its president
04:53And escalating gang violence
04:55The Trump administration now says
04:58The situation is safe enough for Haitians to return home
05:02TPS is just that, it's temporary
05:03It was never designed to be permanent
05:06We encourage everybody to go home
05:08And your country needs you
05:09That's where you should be headed
05:10If you want to rebuild your country
05:13Go back and rebuild it
05:14But Haitians here and in the US
05:16Warn their country is more dangerous than ever
05:21When people say that
05:22We should go back home
05:24I don't think they think about
05:25What home looks like for us
05:45Three days after that deportation flight
05:47We were riding with a newly established international military mission
05:51That's helping fight gang violence here
05:55It's called the Gang Suppression Force
05:57And it's backed by the UN
05:58And supported by many countries including the US
06:03We were the first foreign journalists to see them in action
06:07Their mandate is to bring security to Haiti after years of instability
06:12Criminal gangs now control most of the capital Port-au-Prince
06:16Next week they killed three police officers in that area
06:20Just last week
06:21Just like in practice
06:22Would you have gangs present in every part of the city right now?
06:27My personal assumption is that
06:3095-98% of the city is infected with gangs
06:36How does it compare with other places that you've operated in?
06:40So I operate in Malik
06:42The problem there was terrorism
06:47Here the problem is
06:49One
06:50You don't know who is who
06:54And
06:54It's difficult to talk a lot
06:57Where is dangerous
07:00Let's say
07:01In the mountain
07:02This is a town called
07:04King Puff
07:06Dangerous
07:07Really dangerous
07:09They shoot aircraft over there
07:13So you've been attacked
07:14Even on these air reconnaissance missions
07:18Three times
07:19Three times
07:20Yes
07:21Is there any part of the city for civilians
07:23Where they can
07:24They can be safe?
07:26If you go to the town
07:27You would feel like
07:29Normal activities
07:30Like
07:31Kids going to school
07:33Like markets
07:34Everything looks normal
07:36But
07:38All of the sudden
07:39Everything can change
07:49These GSF soldiers
07:51These GSF soldiers are from Chad
07:53They took us on patrol through neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince
07:56Where the Haitian police have almost completely withdrawn
08:05Moving around in heavy armoured personnel carriers
08:07They said they rarely come under direct fire
08:12But there are signs of gang presence everywhere
08:17Down these roads when you have a blockade
08:21This is from the gangs
08:23Yes, sure
08:23They don't want the APC
08:26Or all security vehicles come in
08:29They put this barricade
08:31Everybody is afraid
08:33Because of this gang
08:34Have control of this area
08:37They are up
08:38They are watching us
08:40They are watching us right now
08:41Yes
08:42We know
08:43They are here
08:49The GSF aims to establish a visible presence
08:52In areas where residents have been pushed out
08:55But fear of the gangs
08:57Who often use kidnapping to extort locals
08:59Is still preventing many from coming back
09:05The soldiers told us they've cleared this neighbourhood
09:07But it was still a ghost town
09:12The UN says nearly 1.5 million people
09:15Have been displaced across the country
09:17Due to the fighting
09:21The first operation was conducted here
09:24This area was occupied
09:27That we got information through
09:29So many sources
09:30Occupied by gangs
09:32The school
09:33Yes
09:34Area around the school
09:35Yes
09:35Wow
09:35Because they put so many barricades
09:38You cannot come with APC
09:40So
09:41With that reason that
09:42We dismounted the patrol
09:44Around 300 metres
09:46We sent our guys by foot
09:48We just
09:49We caught
09:51Six gangs
09:52Here
09:52They are sleeping
09:57Shortly after we arrived in Haiti
09:59One gang attack near the capital
10:02Sent shockwaves through the country
10:03And exposed the enormity of the challenge
10:08Violence in Haiti has left 47 people dead and 22 injured
10:12Dozens of people have been killed by an armed gang just outside the capital of Haiti
10:18The day after the gunfire
10:20The people of Kenskoff are in mourning
10:22Bodies lie where they fell
10:24Beneath blood-stained sheets
10:25Survivors found bodies of friends and relatives lying in the streets
10:29After armed men raided the community overnight
10:31A powerful coalition of gangs trying to expand its control
10:35Took more than 50 hostages
10:37Then posted videos and demanded ransoms from their families
10:41When we reached the community of Kenskoff
10:44Many were still being held
10:45Including 17-year-old Nelly Noel
10:48Who can be seen in this video
10:51Her father Estrel was left trying to negotiate her release
10:55We didn't say the last word
10:58Because there is three women
11:01Madam with her
11:03Our maiden
11:04We said Nelly
11:05Come on
11:06Come on
11:06Good to see you
11:08And now
11:09After this
11:10We said
11:10We don't think we are going to visit
11:12We will go back again
11:14Did you see any more?
11:15Yes
11:37She's got a great voice.
11:45So then you've seen her in videos that have been filmed by the gang members?
11:50Yeah, I see, I see.
12:00Did they let you talk to her?
12:02Yes.
12:03The gang let you talk to her?
12:05Yes.
12:06What did you say?
12:07What did you tell her?
12:10Yes.
12:20The GSF doesn't yet have a presence in Kenskoff.
12:24Instead, a local militia helps provide security.
12:29The police give them weapons and other equipment.
12:35Patrick Saint-Hilaire is the group's leader.
12:38Three days after the massacre, he took us through the areas that had been attacked.
12:44There was a lot of assaults that were done on the commissariat, the police, and everyone
12:55who was in the center of the city.
12:58And all of them were forced to run.
13:00Because they were fired.
13:06The smell. There was a cadavre here, there was a cadavre here.
13:18That's where we did the carnage.
13:32There were seven young people who came out of this program.
13:36And there were seven.
13:38Seven in total?
13:39Seven in total.
13:40They were in the piscine and they were in the camp.
13:47Executed?
13:48Executed.
13:49In the head?
13:51Yes.
13:52All executed?
13:56We had to kill a woman.
13:59How old were you?
14:01We were killed in her house with her children.
14:07What age?
14:09Seven months.
14:10Seven months?
14:11Yes.
14:12Seven months since we did not live this.
14:30Five months ?
14:34Three months, you'recle.
14:36Eight months?
14:38Seven months.
14:40Three months.
14:40I was a suspendu that, as opposed to a worker.
14:42And we have to make them bigger.
14:47They were very old.
14:49They were married.
14:51They were in a city of color.
14:53They were going to shoot each other.
14:56They were six months?
14:58Six months.
14:59They didn't tell me about the same thing.
15:01They didn't tell me how to make the same thing.
15:03They didn't tell me how to make it.
15:06They didn't tell me about it.
15:13What's it like trying to bring up a family in Haiti right now with this security situation?
15:27We're traumatized.
15:29They're traumatized.
15:30They're not comfortable.
15:32They're not traumatized.
15:34If they were traumatized, don't give a good sense.
15:37You're going to kill me because you're killing me in front of me.
15:42On the night of the attack, many residents, including children, took refuge in a church.
15:48Armed gang members forced their way in and started killing them.
16:00You weren't here yourself? You were outside?
16:03Yes, I was outside.
16:06When I called my father, he said,
16:09so I cannot do anything.
16:10I just pray God.
16:12I already leave my house.
16:15Because of the violence?
16:17Yes.
16:18I come to this place to move forward.
16:22Because there was more peace, more...
16:24Yeah, more peace, more security.
16:26It's more, more, more safe.
16:29And then this happened?
16:30This happened.
16:34Nobody's safety.
16:37Nobody's safety in this country.
16:39Nobody.
16:47On day one I will launch the largest deportation program in American history.
16:53President Trump came into office promising mass deportations.
16:56I will rescue every city in town that has been invaded and conquered.
17:01And a key part of that was ending temporary protected status for people from more than a dozen countries, including
17:07around 350,000 Haitians.
17:09Absolutely, I'd revoke it and I'd bring them back to their country.
17:13But his effort to eliminate TPS for the Haitians was blocked by a federal court.
17:17The move to end TPS for Haitians is paused for now.
17:21The government official has confirmed that they are planning to appeal.
17:33When we first started reporting on this story back in the spring of 2026, the TPS case had just been
17:39referred to the Supreme Court.
17:41We'd come to the city which had become ground zero for the issue, Springfield, Ohio.
17:48Following the rapid arrival of around 15,000 Haitian immigrants since 2020, residents were sharply divided on whether they should
17:56be allowed to stay.
17:57Tensions are running high for an estimated 15,000 Haitians at Springfield.
18:02The Supreme Court was due to issue a decision in the coming months.
18:11Viles Dawsonville is a pastor and community leader in Springfield.
18:15He was granted TPS after coming to the United States in 2020.
18:25He runs a community center that supports Haitian families.
18:29Hey, good morning. I'm the executive director for the Haitian Support Center here in Springfield, Ohio.
18:37I see every day the human consequences of policies.
18:46We have families calling our office and they tell us what they are in need of.
18:52Sometimes it's diapers for the baby. Sometimes it's food. Sometimes they need a ride to come to our office to
19:01apply for asylum.
19:02They are still in a mode of panic or uncertainty because they do not know what the verdict will be.
19:11In the uncertainty around TPS, he said many Haitians in Springfield were afraid to leave their homes for fear of
19:19being picked up by ICE.
19:23He and his team were delivering food and other basic supplies to families who were sheltering in their homes.
19:32Temporal protected status is not simply a legal designation.
19:39The lives of thousands of families are in danger.
19:44There we go.
19:46There we go.
19:48There we go.
19:48With the future of their status in question, he said some TPS holders had lost their jobs.
19:55Others had been unable to renew their driver's licenses.
19:58Yeah.
20:04For the Haitian, knowing that if TPS ends, they can be deported or whatever, it's like being put on a
20:13death row.
20:16We have the moral and ethical responsibility to fight on the behalf.
20:24We are not fighting for Haitian alone. We are fighting for the community of Springfield.
20:32The beautiful things about Springfield is that folks from all walks of life rally in solidarity to the community.
20:48What's up, Carl?
20:49Hey, Mike.
20:50Carl Ruby is the pastor of Central Christian Church, where Viles Dawsonville also worships.
20:57I'm nervous about the outcome.
21:00He started a coalition of churches and local groups known as the G92 that advocates for Haitian immigrants in Springfield.
21:08Take it morning, everyone.
21:11I really think that if most Americans really understood what's going on in Haiti, their hearts would change.
21:19But they just, they don't, they don't realize how bad it is.
21:24Carl and Viles, thank you very much to the two of you for being out front and leading.
21:31They're growing pains when you have thousands of new people, you know, enter a community this size, but they're also
21:36benefits.
21:38Springfield was a declining rust belt city.
21:41And then just like that, Haitians started arriving.
21:45Their factories relocating here and businesses are expanding their business because we've got this labor force who are willing to
21:54work.
21:54They work hard.
21:59Urgent requests regarding the increase of Haitian immigrants from Springfield Mayor Rob Rue are now getting federal attention.
22:07This has overwhelmed our safety services and caused great concern for our community.
22:12Initially, the arrival of around 15,000 people to a city of only 60,000 strained housing, schools and hospitals.
22:20It's taxing our infrastructure, it's taxing public safety, it's taxing our schools, it's taxing healthcare, it's taxing our housing.
22:29Emotions continue to run high tonight after a child was killed in a school bus crash less than 24 hours
22:34ago.
22:35In 2023, a fatal accident involving a Haitian immigrant driving without a valid license inflamed tensions.
22:41We're supposed to accept them here?
22:43No, I don't.
22:45Leading to a series of heated arguments at city council meetings.
22:48Haitians are occupiers in Springfield.
22:51Things are going to get ugly, I don't know if you want to see that happen.
22:56My son, Aidan Clark, was not murdered.
22:59He was accidentally killed by an immigrant from Haiti.
23:03But don't spin this towards hate.
23:06Then Donald Trump weighed in, seizing on a false rumor that had been circulating in Springfield.
23:12In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats, they're eating, they're eating the
23:21pets of the people that live there.
23:24That moment set off an explosion.
23:29Bomb threats tied to a baseless rumor spread by Donald Trump.
23:32More than 30 bomb threats against city hall and local schools.
23:35Each one has been investigated, it's been found to be a hoax.
23:38The state has no home here!
23:41All of a sudden, we have white supremacy groups descending upon our city.
23:47The Proud Boys were seen marching through the streets over the weekend.
23:51The city was now a flashpoint in the national debate about immigration.
23:55Nazis marching in Springfield.
23:57What brought Nazis to Springfield?
24:02I kept saying, guys, Springfield is a tender box right now.
24:06All this stuff and people keep throwing matches, one of them is going to light.
24:10Ken Selig describes himself as a street pastor.
24:14He and his friend Mark Sanders are Springfield residents who've advocated against TPS.
24:20So you would say most people in Springfield are in favor of policy of ending TPS?
24:27Yes.
24:28Overwhelmingly.
24:29Clark County has never, ever voted such a high Republican vote as they did in 2024.
24:36It was almost 70% voted for Donald Trump in Clark County.
24:41This issue being a factor.
24:44It has divided our city.
24:47Unbelievable.
24:49Nationally, man.
24:50I mean, the immigration thing.
24:52Springfield, yeah, we're a model.
24:55You know what I mean?
24:55We're the perfect model of how it can go bad.
24:59Of what not to do.
25:00Of what not to do.
25:01What about for these Haitian families who are now facing going back to a place that is incredibly dangerous right
25:10now?
25:10Is it?
25:11What's your perspective on that?
25:13They don't have to go back to Haiti.
25:14They can go anywhere else.
25:15Yeah.
25:16They can go to Chile.
25:16They can go to Brazil.
25:17You know, the old saying at the bar, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
25:21You know, we have given 16 years of benevolence.
25:33Let's go.
25:39As the Supreme Court weighed the TPS case, community members from Springfield gathered in Washington.
25:47Viles Dawsonville attended the hearing and addressed demonstrators outside the court.
25:52So the question before the court is not just a legal one.
25:56It is a moral one about who we are as a nation and how we treat people who have rallied
26:04on our communities.
26:14On the morning of June 25th, advocates gathered at Calm Ruby's church to await the court's ruling.
26:20God, my heart's like, we're living in the upside down world.
26:28There, this is it.
26:33This is bad.
26:35Yeah.
26:36Dial Jeff Pai Poli.
26:40It's a complete and total loss.
26:43Oh, so does that mean that deportations could begin now?
26:49Yep.
26:51And they lose their ability to work now?
26:53Yep.
26:55TPS is over.
27:07The ruling said the courts didn't have a legal basis to stop the Trump administration from ending TPS.
27:14Conditions in Haiti were not a factor in the decision.
27:17I'm so sorry.
27:19To me today was the saddest today since I've been here.
27:26Because for what I knew about the U.S., it's a country where justice and human dignity would always be
27:38upheld.
27:38But unfortunately, this is not the case.
27:44Jeff, everyone is waiting to hear your take on what just happened.
27:50The Supreme Court's decision means that many, many people are going to die violent, needless deaths.
27:57That's the bottom line.
28:04Do you expect the administration to deport anyone who loses TPS status as a result of this ruling?
28:10Well, of course. If you no longer have status in this country, then you're supposed to be deported.
28:13And in particular, in the case of the Haitians.
28:16That same day in Washington, White House adviser Stephen Miller was publicly defending the decision to end TPS.
28:23Does the administration consider Haiti a safe country?
28:27For Haitians? Absolutely.
28:28The fact that there might be pockets of Haiti where there's higher crime rates?
28:32Guess what? There's pockets of Chicago with crime rates just as high.
28:36Right? There's pockets of cities like St. Louis with crime just as high.
28:42Pockets of Los Angeles with crime just as high.
28:43It has never been the case that having communities that have high crime rates is a basis for asylum.
28:49Never has been. Never will be.
28:51Thank you all. Have a great day.
28:54Neither Stephen Miller nor anyone else from the administration would agree to an interview with us.
28:59In a statement, a White House spokeswoman said that TPS had been abused by Democrats as a de facto amnesty
29:05program
29:06to allow foreigners to remain in the country forever.
29:09And that the president would continue to put Americans first.
29:14Jonathan Fahey was a senior DHS and ICE official during the first Trump administration.
29:20So, if you were to sum up the Trump administration's reasoning for ending TPS for Haiti now, what would it
29:28be?
29:28Well, the reason for it to begin with is over.
29:31You know, right now I believe we have about 7% of Haiti's population lives in the United States.
29:38I think there's about 850,000 Haitians living here.
29:42They've been living here for a long time.
29:44If we have these processes like TPS, if temporary just means permanent, then what is this?
29:52The statute doesn't mean what it's supposed to mean.
29:54So they have to adhere to this statute.
29:57Haitians say their country is more dangerous now than ever.
30:02Shouldn't that be a consideration?
30:05Should it be a consideration? Maybe.
30:07I mean, I think Haiti has always been a really dangerous place and it's not a desirable place to go
30:13back to.
30:13Again, the people that have gotten the temporary protective status, you would hope they would be appreciative of the fact
30:21they have gotten to live in this country for years, even decades, earn money, get skills.
30:26But there is the fact when you look at overall, not just TPS, but overall immigration policy, immigration law, the
30:33primary beneficiaries of it should be should be the American citizens, not what's best for Haitians forever and ever.
30:42Of course, it's better for them to get to stay.
30:45But the question is, is it better for the American people, not just for them, but for everyone?
30:52We're going to stand with the immigrants down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
31:06By early August, federal agents were starting to detain Haitians in Springfield during daily patrols.
31:11But the widespread ice raids that many feared had not yet materialized.
31:17Instead, hundreds of TPS holders were summoned to ICE officers near Springfield.
31:22Would you like to receive communion this morning?
31:28Villers-Dawsonville and Calm Ruby were offering communion to those heading inside.
31:33If you want to enter in San Sar, you are not able to protect us, Lord.
31:39We are the people who are afraid. We are the people who are afraid.
31:43May Christ go with you.
31:45May Christ go with you.
31:51May Christ go with you.
31:57When they emerged, many were wearing GPS ankle monitors.
32:02DHS has said that the monitors are an alternative to detention and that they are used on a case by
32:08case basis for supervision.
32:10But the fear here was that they were a precursor to deportation.
32:24In a
32:25level of chargeuka, do you want to stir up?
32:28We are the people who want to redefine your PC.
32:30With our Kenick there.
32:31We are the people.
32:36Toà the other person, we are the people.
32:39For the things that they come, feel free of you.
32:41We are the people who have said that they are without thinking.
32:43And we have acceso for Wolmer, the people we can adhere to.
32:44And if you do not have to wear instruction or whatever.
32:44I see you in my room, in my room, in my room, in my room, in my room, in my
32:54room.
32:54These are all clergy. They support you.
32:57Thank you so much.
32:58Philippe Ville and his wife, Vicky, had been living in Springfield since 2023.
33:03He had been working regular shifts at a warehouse.
33:06My wife got the watch, but I got the monitor on my knee.
33:13She was pregnant, so the device was placed on her wrist.
33:16I was frustrated, frustrated, you know, because I'm not a...
33:20Criminal.
33:21I don't know what's going to happen in my work.
33:23Like, someone will look at me, this guy is criminal, like, discrimination.
33:27But it's okay.
33:30I'm going to work, do my work and enjoy my life after.
33:35I don't know what happens next, but I'm going to...
33:44If we can't change, we'll help you.
33:46If we can change the code, we'll help you.
33:48A few days later, he was at the support centre trying to get answers.
33:53Come on, Vicky.
34:10Vicky.
34:13the officer she said to me the government have a program about self-deportation the
34:20government gonna pay it's good for you two thousand and sixty hundred dollars they were
34:26trying to get you to self-deport yeah they stopped the potash they were offering you this option yes
34:32if you don't accept the petition so to take the uncle monitor yeah it got another options
34:40yeah see if I go to the ED I'm gonna dead because where I'm from is dangerous he told us
34:49that since
34:50he left Haiti gangs have taken over his neighborhood this is a big and this question my head if I
34:56if I
34:57deported what happened with my daughter she's a baby it's a baby his three-year-old daughter was
35:09born in the US what color it is green it's supposed to give a good education work hard to give
35:20her a
35:20good life but now it did not offer this life you're told it's American yeah yes she born here in
35:28Springfield
35:29you thinking maybe not taking her yes it's my fear I scared about that before I intern USA an immigration
35:42officer give me a paper and they say welcome to the USA me and my wife I make all the
35:49steps I came here I
35:52work I pay my taxes you just want to work and give a good life for my family the threat
36:02of deportation
36:03was hitting home for everyone we spoke to are you afraid of being targeted for speaking out and being
36:09a leader of the community I do not let fear dominate me dominate me but as a human being I
36:19have fear as
36:19everybody else I'm on the same boat as everybody else
36:41this was the church where Viles Dawsonville was the pastor before fleeing Haiti
36:46his older brother Benito now delivers the sermons
37:06both he and another brother money said they were following the news from Springfield
37:11and were concerned about Viles getting deported
37:14do you worry about your brother Viles oh we can leave baggain yen yon stash ki normal
37:19those that's unni donk no treze kie non seuleman paske li ap defende d'autres compatriot ki na situasyon
37:26defisil e paske li mèm tou li pa li pa echapé an ba situasyon sa what would you say to
37:33those who
37:34who might think it's safe to send haitian families back to Haiti right now
37:40m'you pa compren rialitèe ex-souderian paske rialitèe yon oué nan ouvel la c'est pas lé clà
37:45c'est chagge moun ap mouï c'est chagge vi a kidnappé moun c'est chagge vi a violent moun
37:50et moun abdommé n'alawi pas de courant
37:53c'est chagge
37:59back in kenskoff we checked in on the father of the kidnapped teenager nelly noel
38:05he was now staying in a guarded compound with other families whose homes were attacked
38:10he told us the gangs had demanded more money
38:14have you heard anything
38:16we know pale
38:19papa pa de courajé
38:21mweshe yon pa bat moun yon pa mal tretèm
38:23e se kob yaptan pou yo voyen vini
38:26sa vedi ke nepod jan li fok se kob moun chèche pou mbaye pou yo kavoye el ban mwen
38:33men proposisyon yon fem nan nanti jan djur
38:36le la vishya a djou kou boute kon bali yo se kob pou yo bay moun nan manje
38:41kon yal djou 300 mil dola amerikane teman doula pou degajou pou metel disponib pou li libo
38:50senk jou pou samble kob za se kom si il meto dan lambaga paske kiko to wa jen kob amerikian
38:56kouman la brentri
38:56do you know where the places that she's being held generally like which part of the mountain
39:05bello se bello yo yo depose moun yon
39:08bello an addition la kotegjembo ya
39:12est-ce que ya présence de gang
39:15oui patou
39:16c'est patou
39:17oui oui
39:19c'est c'est vraiment dur
39:20lo wotila kare konia war game on kapsu veo avec zam tout jeun et toute nuit
39:27while estrel noel waited for another phone call other families were burying their loved ones
39:45they were funerals taking place every day we were here one of the mourners was the young man whose father
39:52was killed hiding in the church
39:54i'm
39:56one
39:56what
39:57one
40:07what
40:08is
40:10to
40:10in
40:13and the passion for you.
40:44I tell you, Kenskoff, who is the next victim?
40:51I tell you, it's just, it's just, it's just, it's just,
40:57but who is it?
41:01The scale of the massacre in Kenskoff reverberated beyond Haiti
41:04and would highlight a tension in the Trump administration's deportation policy.
41:09On August 28th, at an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting,
41:15a US representative to the UN decried the security situation in Haiti.
41:21This attack, which follows months of ongoing deadly violence,
41:26is another reminder of the dire state of Haiti's security crisis.
41:31For months, terrorist gangs have murdered civilians, terrorized communities,
41:37burned homes, and destroyed families.
41:40The US ambassador to the UN later underscored the point.
41:44Now we have a situation where the gangs have taken over,
41:48they've gotten stronger, Haitian institutions weaker,
41:53and everyday people in Haiti and in the region,
41:56and even in our own countries, have paid the price.
41:58And you've probably heard it.
42:00I asked Jonathan Fahey, the former Trump DHS official,
42:04about the apparent contradiction of sending people back to a country
42:07the administration was describing in such dire terms.
42:11You know, the United States has taken on this responsibility for 16 years.
42:16We have a, you know, a very large and number of prosperous nations
42:21that can also step in at any time and say,
42:23we'll take these people, we'll bring them into Switzerland,
42:26we'll bring them into Finland.
42:28To the extent there is a moral obligation.
42:30The United States has certainly more than met our obligation.
42:33The United States has done far more than anyone to address this.
42:37Not only humanitarian aid, but other types of things
42:40to make the lives better for the Haitians in Haiti,
42:43but also the Haitians in America.
42:46By late August, deportation flights carrying former TPS holders
42:50were starting to land in Haiti on a weekly basis.
42:54Villers-Dorsonville was giving his brothers regular updates
42:57on the situation in Springfield.
43:01By the way.
43:03I'm afraid it's going to be complicated here.
43:07Because we got a lot of help
43:11we got a lot, I'm going to get our license now,
43:14so we'll get an electronicape.
43:17I think they have to be greedy.
43:18There's two rounds that come out of our house.
43:22Because we all get our cards here.
43:25We have a card.
43:27Today, our parents come here with a bad news.
43:34They continue to graduate in the college.
43:37They graduate with a diploma.
43:40They come to the university to make a license.
43:48The students bring their license.
43:57We don't need to hear the police.
44:04We don't need it.
44:05They take the car in the middle of the swing.
44:09The police are not Walking Dead.
44:09Even if they're working on the line.
44:12I don't know what to do!
44:17They were talking about a young man named Pierre Damas-Belle.
44:20He was 20 years old.
44:22Just hours before this call, he had taken his own life.
44:27This is him starting school.
44:29His last post, his last post was five days ago.
44:33He was not in the youth club, no.
44:36He was excited to start school.
44:39And I think he was a student athlete.
44:41There's a picture of him on the field and he's like,
44:44how am I supposed to practice with this thing on my leg?
44:49Ice had fitted him with an ankle monitor after TPS ended.
44:53Around a month later, just after starting college as an honor student studying neuroscience,
44:59he parked his car on the highway and stepped in front of a semi-truck.
45:06And how many children do they have?
45:08Three.
45:10Now two.
45:11And we thought it was...
45:12They had three?
45:14Yeah, now they have two.
45:17He'd been posting on social media about the shame and humiliation of wearing the GPS monitor.
45:23Every day he was posting depressing stuff.
45:26The last thing I saw in his post, he was posting like ice just all over Springfield arresting people.
45:36Throughout this time, ice had been ramping up its presence in Springfield.
45:41Making arrests at gas stations, in shopping plazas, and outside homes.
45:47Like many former TPS holders in Springfield, Philippe Ville and his family were trying to restrict their movements as much
45:54as possible.
45:54And I was like, I don't know.
45:58I don't know what to do.
46:01I don't know what to do.
46:26At a press conference near Springfield, Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin defended
46:32ICE actions in the city.
46:34TPS is just that, it's temporary. It was never designed to be permanent.
46:39TPS was granted to these Haitians after an earthquake that took place over 15 years ago.
46:44And we've made 380 arrests in Springfield. We're going to continue to push.
46:48We encourage everybody to go home.
46:52He was asked about the death of Pierre Damasbell.
46:55I have a tremendous amount of sympathy for the father of six kids in this situation.
47:00But I also know enough about suicide that that is mental illness.
47:04It breaks my heart for the parents.
47:06But we were following our procedures.
47:08We did our job.
47:09What happened when he went home?
47:11It wasn't our custody. We're not responsible for that.
47:14Pierre's death would become a flashpoint in the controversy over TPS.
47:19Vigils took place in Columbus, in Dayton, and in Springfield.
47:23The Republican governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, also spoke out.
47:28This is a horrible, horrible tragedy.
47:32You've heard me talk a lot about what I consider to be a very misguided and wrong policy
47:42in regard to mass deporting people from this country.
47:48DeWine has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration's decision to end TPS.
47:53How do you explain the decision to deport people to Haiti at this time?
47:59I can't explain it. It's not in our best interest as a country.
48:03It's certainly not in our best interest here in the state of Ohio.
48:07You know, I think when people look at the issue of immigration, they can be conflicted.
48:13I think the average Ohioan would say,
48:16look, the southern border needs to be dealt with, which the president has done.
48:21I think they'll say, look, if you're a violent criminal, we want you out of here.
48:25Go pick them, pick you up.
48:26I should be after the violent criminals.
48:29We don't want them here.
48:31Either lock them up or get them out of the country.
48:34But then if you switch that over and ask the average Ohioan,
48:39well, what about this person who's been here for a couple of years
48:42or maybe five years or maybe 10 years or maybe even longer?
48:45They're productive members of society.
48:47They're raising their family here.
48:50They belong to this church.
48:51They work here.
48:54Should we yank them up and get rid of them?
48:57And I think most people would say that's not in our best interest.
49:00Is there anything that you are actively doing about it,
49:06with the deportations that are happening already in communities like Springfield?
49:10There is really nothing, as governor of the state of Ohio,
49:13that I can do about the decisions that are being made by ICE,
49:19or whoever's making the decisions, and picking people up.
49:23Do you want to see ICE out of Springfield?
49:27Look, I'll go back again to the policy.
49:29I think the policy is wrong.
49:31You know, members of ICE are carrying out what their duties are.
49:35I'm not going to be critical of anybody in ICE.
49:39The policy is what is wrong.
49:41The policy, I think, is a mistake.
49:49On October 3rd, Pierre Damasbel was buried in Springfield.
50:18This is an honor of Springfield, Ohio.
50:22That same day, 25 miles away, President Trump was holding a campaign rally.
50:27He doubled down on his rhetoric about Springfield.
50:30Idyllic. It was an idyllic place.
50:32Was is the better word.
50:34Not anymore, but it will soon be.
50:36They're all being brought back to their country.
50:48So far, advocates who track the deportations estimate that several hundred former TPS holders have been sent back to Haiti.
50:56At least half a dozen from Springfield.
51:00In Haiti, thousands more GSF troops are expected to arrive in the coming months to deal with the continuing violence.
51:11Some of the hostages from Khanskov, including Nelly Noel, were eventually freed.
51:15But others remain unaccounted for.
51:23In Springfield, Philippe Ville is still waiting to hear whether he will be deported.
51:31Villez Dawsonville is trying to continue his work.
51:36Since the ice raids have been escalating in Springfield, I have not been going to church.
51:44I know from the get-go that anything could happen.
51:51Policies have a real impact on people's daily lives.
52:00What do you do? You just, you just wait?
52:02Actually, this is the option we have, to wait.
52:05Or you cannot do any other thing.
52:13So, that's the reality for so many of our ancient brothers and sisters being here in Springfield.
52:18What brings you to the neighborhood?
52:20I'm not sure that they have any other option than to wait and see what will be happening.
52:45What are you doing?
52:45I'm not sure you've got any other important things to put on social media.
52:45I'm not sure that they are not just at all.
52:45I'm sorry I'm wanting to keep your friends together.
52:47Why is the word, and why, how do you want to or Bean forgot to this story based?
52:48I'm not sure here.
52:55What did he not experience and hire you with these savvy?
52:59Go to pbs.org slash Frontline.
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