A new PBS FRONTLINE documentary follows Haitians deported after the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the dangers waiting for them at home, Texas Public Radio reported on October 28. The film, by Sebastian Walker and Adam Desiderio, is free to watch on the FRONTLINE website and YouTube channel.

It shows deportees arriving in Haiti, some leaving behind U.S.-born children and careers built over decades, along with an international force facing heavily armed gangs, nearly 1.5 million displaced people and families searching for kidnapped relatives after a massacre near the capital.

The film also visits Springfield, Ohio, home to about 15,000 Haitian immigrants, where some residents say the arrivals strained housing and schools while others credit Haitian workers with reviving the local economy. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine criticizes the deportations, while former Homeland Security official Jonathan Fahey argues the U.S. has already given years of protection.

About 350,000 Haitians had TPS, first granted after the 2010 earthquake. In June, the Supreme Court allowed the administration to end it, a ruling on its legal authority rather than on whether Haiti is safe.