Deportations continue amid the pandemic

The Coronavirus created an imminent alert. All governments are fighting to protect their territories and their communities.

The US government has done everything possible to mitigate the massive contagion, even so, it has not been possible to counteract the crisis caused by the virus.

The country is trying to use deportation as an emergency measure for social protection.

Deportations are common in the US, and the process can usually be lengthy and tedious for detained immigrants.

However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, deportations are accelerated and no immigrant is allowed to enter the country illegally. In fact, even families who arrive at the borders to request asylum or refuge cannot enter the country during the health crisis.

What Trump’s government is doing right now is to deport almost immediately any illegal immigrant or anyone who reaches the borders to request asylum.

Immigrants are usually taken to Guatemala, where they wait to return to their countries or they can apply for asylum there if they meet the eligibility requirements.

Guatemala wants deportations to decrease, but Trump’s administration wants to sanction any country that does not receive deportees from the US amid the pandemic.

Guatemala’s response to current deportations

Guatemala is a third world country, which means that it is still in the process of reaching a stable and reliable economy.

Guatemala’s arguments:

• The country does not have the necessary tools to face a massive spread of COVID-19 in its territories.
• The medical staff is not large enough to properly take care of thousands of infected people.
• The infrastructure of the medical centers is not prepared to face a massive spread of COVID-19.
• The country does not have enough medical supplies.

Therefore, Guatemala and other Central American countries want the US to temporarily cease deportations to prevent a crisis in their territories.

Every time the US deport immigrants, it is a latent risk for the countries that receive them, since there is insufficient evidence to reassure that there are no infected passengers.

Guatemala stated that it will only receive deportees who are legal citizens. In other words, the country does not want to receive immigrants from Honduras or El Salvador.

It should be noted that this measure is only temporary while the rate of contagion decreases in the world.

After Guatemala declared this decision, other countries in Central and South America joined the cause and expressed their fears regarding current deportations from the US.

Trump government’s response

Trump’s government, in its fight to protect our society, declared that it will sanction any country that wants to avoid deportation amid the pandemic.

The current administration ensures that this is a problem for detainees who already have a deportation order. In addition, the president mentions that Guatemala already signed a decree declaring that it receives deportees from the US and that breaking that promise is against the law.

Trump’s sanction

President Trump officially reported that no visa process can be allowed to any country that refuses to receive the deportees.

This is a huge problem for thousands of innocent families in these countries who want to build a future in the US.

Thousands of immigrants will be affected if this decision remains in force for the rest of the year, since many families travel from Central American countries fleeing from danger or to work and contribute to the socio-economic development of our country.

These are critical times for humanity. Every step we take should be properly analyzed. It is important to handle all immigration processes in the best way to avoid rejection by the US government.

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