More COVID-19 infected immigrants are deported daily

Over the past few weeks, several governments in Central America and the Greater Antilles have complained about the number of immigrants deported from the US who tested positive on the COVID-19 exam.

Among the countries included are Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, among others.

For instance, figures show that more than 20% of Guatemala’s Coronavirus cases were imported on deportation flights arriving from the US.

This is an unprecedented threat to Central American territory that does not have the necessary preparation to counter a massive COVID-19 outbreak.

The latest shocking news regarding this situation is Haiti receiving infected deportees.

Haiti’s position regarding this situation

It is clear that the US has a greater advantage compared to Haiti.

Deportation orders are more likely to be obeyed than Haiti to reject that policy as the US could remove benefits for this third-world country.

However, despite the risk of rejecting orders from the American border forces, Haiti asked the US government to halt deportations at least temporarily to prevent a massive outbreak within its territories.

Who made this request?

Haiti has a presidential panel tasked with managing the Coronavirus pandemic.

They are in charge of suggesting possible solutions and preparations to counteract the impact of the virus.

In addition to that, they oversee the infrastructure of the medical sector to protect health workers and try to save as many lives as possible.

This group of people is mainly made up of doctors, nurses, researchers and health experts.

The presidential panel declared the official request for the US government to stop deportations until the pandemic is under control.

The official statement declares that “persons coming from these territories (deportees from the United States) must be placed in quarantine and tested for COVID-19. This results in the use of human and material resources already limited in Haiti, especially in the health emergency context.”

Therefore, the main reason for this request is that the US government understands that Haiti does not have enough resources to receive deportees infected with Coronavirus.

This represents a huge risk for these territories and could generate a massive outbreak in more vulnerable countries.

What is the US position regarding this situation?

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) is the entity in charge of doing medical checks on immigrants before deporting them.

Medical personnel measure the temperature of all passengers on deportation flights and if they find someone with a higher temperature than normal, that person is sent to quarantine and cannot leave the US.

In fact, on Monday May 4, 2020, an ICE plane did not deport 5 immigrants to Haiti because they had tested positive in the Coronavirus exam.

Thus, the US government and border forces are trying to control deportations.

However, the virus can be asymptomatic or appear in our system up to 14 days after being in contact with someone infected and that is why the risk of exporting it to vulnerable territories is not so easily reduced.

Any deported immigrant has already been in contact with a person infected with COVID-19 because they are taken to immigration detention centers around the US, where there are already hundreds of reported cases.

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The government has not responded to this request yet

The current administration has not responded to this request from Haiti.

It is important to emphasize that the current government already has several similar requests and even lawsuits against the president for exporting the virus.

The best alternative is to look for different methods offered by the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to legally enter and reside in North America and avoid deportation at all costs.

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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