Express deportations continue in the midst of a health crisis

Our daily life changed radically after the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our habits had to adapt to a new lifestyle and most sectors of society were also modified.

The health crisis imposed important variations in the way we relate to the environment. Other than that, the pandemic pressured governments around the world to adopt prevention measures to protect the public health.

Certainly, each country tries to protect the health of its citizens and preserve local resources to avoid shortages and chaos in its territories.

However, in an effort to protect citizens, governments have implemented emergency measures that could harm other countries.

That is the case of the United States. The Trump administration is bypassing deportation policies established by the country’s law and express deportations are taking place amid the global Coronavirus pandemic.

This has greatly affected the Central American territory, which reports dozens of positive cases of Coronavirus among immigrants deported from the US.

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The danger of deportations amid the pandemic

To understand the magnitude of the impact generated by express deportations in the midst of a pandemic, it is important to analyze several points of view.

1. The opinion of the US

The Trump administration argues that express deportations are necessary to:

• Prevent Detention Centers around the country from becoming overcrowded even more than they already are.
• These centers belong to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE). Therefore, the government also intends to protect the health of ICE employees with express deportations.
• Because the offices of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) were closed for more than two months, the pending cases are already delayed and current deportations prevent the immigration system from a possible saturation.
• Express deportations prevent undocumented immigrants from entering the US and using primary benefits and resources during the current juncture.

The Trump administration’s opinion regarding immigration has not always been positive, and with the help of the pandemic, there are now more restrictions on immigration policies.

2. The opinion of Central America

Most immigrants deported from the US go to countries in Central America like Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, inter alia.

Central America has repeatedly asked the US government to reduce the number of deportations during the health crisis.

They present several arguments:

• The health system is not prepared to assist a high number of people infected with Coronavirus.
• Local resources are limited and can not counter the impact of a massive outbreak of Coronavirus.
• Central American countries implemented emergency measures on time to be able to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, and it is unfair that the virus is now being imported from a First World country like the US.
• Official figures show that dozens of immigrants deported from the US have tested positive for Coronavirus, which worsens the risk for Central American territory.

The number of immigrants deported during the pandemic

According to the New York Times, the official figures are as follows:

• 18,811 immigrants were deported during March 2020.
• 9,832 immigrants were deported during April 2020.
• 7,411 immigrants were deported during May 2002.

Clearly, these figures do not compare to the first months of the year because the pandemic reduced immigration considerably.

However, taking into account the reports of positive Coronavirus cases among deported immigrants, it is definitely a high number.

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