Deported immigrants amid Coronavirus outbreak

Trump’s administration is accelerating deportation processes due to the pandemic.

In one of our most recent articles, we shared information about deported immigrants who tested positive for COVID-19.

This situation is very controversial as the current government is avoiding deportation regulations in the name of public health.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) uses its aircraft to transport immigrants and takes the opportunity to bring Americans to the country.

By doing this, ICE creates a very large risk of mass contagion because it threatens the health of deportees and Americans.

The deportation cases and the repercussions have been alarming for third world countries who do not have enough medical supplies to contain the virus in their territories.

Many cases are publicly mentioned and immigrant rights advocates have repeatedly requested attention to this situation.

However, in light of the current circumstances, the attention given to this matter is unlikely to be enough to stop it.

Expedited deportations

Dozens of people arrive to the borders of the US everyday with the hope of obtaining political asylum in the country.

However, during the Coronavirus outbreak, border entities are deporting all immigrants from the borders to Guatemala or Mexico. In other words, the US is not currently accepting immigrants who reach the borders.

Normally, most of deported immigrants are taken to Guatemala, where the government receives them temporarily.

What Guatemalan government does is to give immigrants the opportunity to apply for asylum there. If they do not request asylum during the first 3 days, they will be deported to their countries.

Many of them wait to be able to return to the US because they prefer to take the risk of crossing the borders again than return to their country where they are in constant danger.

The main concern right now is that we are amid a pandemic and the possibility of contagion is greater among multitudes of immigrants.

For this reason, the Guatemalan government is requesting the reduction of deportations since it can be a threat to their society.

Guatemala does not have the necessary resources to face a high peak of Coronavirus contagion.

There are already 3 immigrants deported to Guatemala who have tested positive in the COVID-19 exam.

This situation is alarming for underdeveloped countries because the US is not taking into account the damage that can be caused by mass deportations.

Haiti is also at risk

Haiti is in great danger as well because the number of deportees from the US increases more and more every day.

Several immigrant rights advocates have declared that the decision to deport Haitians “presents an unacceptable public health risk to both deportees on board and citizens of Haiti.”

Trump’s government has not officially responded to this claim, nor have the border entities that supposedly control the situation.

However, they present deportation as a protection for the country’s public health, which means they are putting the public health of less-favored nations at risk.

Continue your immigration process

Anyone can continue immigration processes as normal. The best solution is to find the right guide to avoid deportation.

There are a wide variety of possibilities to gain entry and legal residence in the US.

That is why, if you have any questions about an immigration issue or relating to a case you may have currently in progress, then please don’t hesitate to contact us for a FREE Phone Consultation with one of our expert immigration attorneys.

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