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Maryland Haitian community protests ICE operations following termination of protected status

Salisbury residents and faith leaders organized demonstrations as fear grows over ICE detentions and deportation flights to Haiti.

Updated Aug 28, 2026 · 21:18 UTC1 reports

The short version

  • Around 100 residents and faith leaders marched in Salisbury, Maryland, to protest local ICE operations and the loss of legal status for Haitian immigrants.
  • The demonstrations follow the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in April, which left an estimated 330,000 Haitian migrants nationwide susceptible to deportation.
  • A deportation flight carrying 57 people landed in Haiti on Thursday amid escalating violence in the country, raising concerns among local residents and advocates.
  • Community leaders are calling for halts to deportations, while the Department of Homeland Security maintains that TPS was misapplied by previous administrations and is being reformed to ensure system integrity.

Key facts

  • The Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 13 countries in April, affecting more than 1 million immigrants, including an estimated 330,000 Haitians according to the Pew Research Center.[ABC News]
  • Approximately 100 community members and faith leaders organized a march and protest in Salisbury, Maryland, on Wednesday to demonstrate against ICE actions targeting Haitian residents.[ABC News]
  • Haitian officials reported that a deportation flight carrying 57 people, including families, arrived in Haiti on Thursday.[ABC News]
  • The Haitian Bridge Alliance stated that the Thursday deportation flight included U.S.-born children.[ABC News]
  • Haitian officials reported that at least 47 people were killed and over 50 kidnapped in Haiti during the same week as the deportation flight.[ABC News]
  • A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson stated that TPS was never intended to act as a de facto asylum program and defended the administration's actions as restoring system integrity.[ABC News]

What remains uncertain

  • It remains unconfirmed whether any of the 57 individuals on the Thursday deportation flight previously held Temporary Protected Status.[ABC News]

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