Mainstream Media Runs Spin Campaign As Deportations To Haiti Increase

When the Trump Administration ended Temporary Protection Status for migrants from 11 different countries, the mainstream media’s attention immediately gravitated to only one:  Haiti.  

It was the numerous problems surrounding the NGO and Biden organized surge of 15,000+ Haitian migrants into Springfield, OH that captured the interest of the American public during the election campaign of 2024.  The mass migrant shift, representing nearly 30% of Springfield’s total population, looked like a calculated foreign invasion, not the random immigration of desperate refugees. 

Evidence of extensive cash flows to migrants also raised eyebrows (along with local accusations of disappearing pets).  The entire situation was odd.  Everything about immigration under Joe Biden and the Democrats resembled a strategic operation rather than an act of benevolence to save needy foreigners. 

Haitian migrants, for some reason, remain one of the most aggressively contested groups for the political left when it comes to deportations.  And, now that protection status has been removed, the sob stories from progressive outlets are ample.  The problem is, most of these news stories rely on false claims or the omission of important details.  Their only goal is to inspire outrage. 

Recently the Miami Herald took on the subject of deportations to Haiti, painting a rather grim picture of children and innocent long time residents of the US being hijacked and dumped in a strange, dangerous and unfamiliar land. 

The Herald title reads:  “ICE sends second deportation flight to Haiti in a week. There are kids aboard”

It seems to suggest that little children are being thrown on planes and kicked to the curb in Haiti.  Of course, the paper admits later in the article that these children were accompanied by their families.  In other words, families were deported, not “children”. 

This is a tactic commonly used by the leftist media over the past two years.  Stories of children being “kidnapped by ICE” have been circulated numerous times.  And, in every case it turned out that a parent or parents in the US illegally were apprehended and the children were taken to be reunited with them (or deported with them).  As it should be.

The Herald strategically maneuvers to manipulate public empathy:

“The youngest person aboard the ICE Air flight was a 3-year-old born in the U.S., according to information shared with the Miami Herald after the passenger arrived. The deported parents of the children condemned the move, telling the Herald that they found it “scandalous” that children born in the U.S. were being sent to Haiti. They also condemned the Haitian government for agreeing to take them back when the government is not prepared to accept returnees.

One of the children, a little boy, played with a toy as his parents reluctantly spoke…” 

Why is it supposed to be sad when foreigners overstaying their welcome in the US have to go home?  It’s hard to say, but the establishment media acts as if the implications are apparent.  Kids staying with their parents is a good thing, right?  Anchor babies aside, these children don’t belong in the US either. 

The story that got a rebuttal from ICE, however, was the deportation of a professional boxer living in Florida by the name of Jay Dabelus.  Dabelus was born in the Bahamas and his parents held Haitian nationality.  He lived in the US for 20 years, and 16 of those years were spent under TPS guidelines. 

Why in all that time did he never try to get a green card?  It’s hard to say, but this is a common story among illegals living in the US for long periods – most of them got comfortable and just didn’t bother.  The Herald describes Dabelus’ situation as if he has no ties to Haiti:

“I don’t know anything about Haiti,” he said, speaking in English. “I was born in The Bahamas and had been living in the USA for twenty-something years.” 

“I don’t have any resources, family members or people to aid me, so I am just trying to see how I can go,” he said. “I got my high school diploma. Everything that I have and have received in life is from Florida, from the United States.” 

The story, which was also apparently picked up by the Associated Press, caught the attention of DHS.  ICE had some important details to add.  Dabelus has a Haitian citizenship and a Haitian passport.  In other words, the guy belongs in Haiti.  Who cares if he’s a boxer?  

Yes. ICE removed Jay Dabelus to Haiti. What the Associated Press conveniently left out of this gotcha piece is that he has dual citizenship in Bahamas AND Haiti.

An immigration judge ordered Dabelus removed from the country years ago, but he had a HAITIAN passport and stayed in… pic.twitter.com/onxahTlTxB

— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) September 1, 2026

The mainstream media has been consistently running interference for illegal aliens for years, turning non-stories into supposed tragedies whenever a migrant is sent back home.  The headlines should simply read:  More migrants sent back to where they are supposed to be.  Instead, the public is flooded with tales of despair and injustice at the very notion that some people don’t belong in the US.  

The narrative is growing tiresome.