Haitian deportees attack American pilots and injure three ICE agents

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Haitians from WASHINGTON deported from the United States on Tuesday assaulted pilots aboard one of the flights upon arrival in Port-au-Prince and injured three American immigration officers, according to a source close to inside information on the ‘incident.

Unrest erupted shortly after the arrival of a flight carrying single adult men and handed them over to Haitian authorities on the tarmac. Then, the source said, several of the men stormed another recently arrived flight carrying families.

The men assaulted the pilots of the plane, who work for a government contractor licensed to perform deportation flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while the families were still on board. Three ICE officers were also attacked in the plane, each suffering from non-life threatening injuries, the source said.

In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said: On Tuesday, September 21, adult migrants caused two separate disruptions on the tarmac after disembarking in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian crowd control officers responded to both incidents and resolved the situations. ICE fully respects the rights of all people to peacefully express their opinions, while continuing to fulfill its mission of immigration law enforcement in accordance with our priorities, federal law and agency policy. .

The United States stepped up its deportations of Haitians after more than 15,000 people crossed the US border, gathering under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, in just days. On Tuesday, just over 1,000 Haitian migrants were deported to Haiti, according to two sources close to the operations.

A total of 4,000 were either deported or transferred to other processing centers along the border, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that the crowds in Del Rio would dissipate in the coming days.

“Expect to see dramatic results in the next 48-96 hours,” he said.

But after Tuesday’s assaults, some within DHS fear they won’t have enough security at airports to safely land deportation flights, the source close to the incident said.

Julia ainsley

Julia Ainsley is a correspondent covering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for the NBC News Investigative Unit.

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