Strict border measures implemented by the US during the pandemic

The massive outbreak of Coronavirus happened so suddenly in the US, that Trump’s administration was forced to take extreme measures to counter the impact of the pandemic and protect the local health system.

The borders of the US are temporarily closed, until the threat to public health decreases and immigrants are not currently allowed to enter the country.

However, this measure seems to be implemented only for the entry of immigrants but not otherwise, because the current administration continues with the deportation processes in a normal way.

In fact, official figures indicate that the number of immigrants deported during the global pandemic is greater than the figures from previous months.

This has created a huge controversy among immigrant communities and immigrant rights advocates who warn about the imminent risk of deportations during the health crisis.

Trump’s government assures that this measure is very positive for the country and exposes several arguments:

• Deportations prevent overcrowding in detention centers belonging to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE).
• The country’s priority is to protect the local population, including ICE employees who work in immigration detention centers.
• Deportations prevent a massive outbreak of Coronavirus among immigrant communities.

In addition to that, the current administration has openly threatened countries if they do not receive immigrants deported during the pandemic.

The president could sanction countries that oppose deportations by banning the issuance of visas for applicants from those nations.

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The number of deported immigrants infected with COVID-19

The real problem does not lie entirely in deportations, but in the number of positive cases of Coronavirus among immigrants deported to Central American countries.

The threat is growing more and more in Central American territories for multiple reasons:

• The Central American health system is not trained to save as many lives as possible.
• Medical personnel is not enough to offer service to everyone in the event of a massive COVID-19 outbreak.
• Most Central American countries do not have enough resources to overcome the economic crisis generated by the global pandemic.
• There are no medical supplies to protect health workers.

Therefore, continuing to deport COVID-19 infected immigrants to more vulnerable territories has been classified as “cruel, callous and unfair“, according to the opinion of several critics around the US.

Besides Central America, there are several countries in the Greater Antilles and South America involved in this inconvenience as well.

The countries reporting cases of immigrants deported from the US territory that tested positive in the Coronavirus exam are:

• Guatemala. (The government claims that more than 25% of confirmed Coronavirus cases in this country are immigrants deported from the US).
• Mexico. (With the immigration measure called “Remain in Mexico”, the situation worsens more and more on the borders of this country).
• Honduras.
• Haiti.
• Jamaica.
• Colombia.

This is a very worrying situation for these countries that are just entering the contagion peak in their territories.

The US government must rethink deportation processes, at least during the global Coronavirus pandemic.

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