WASHINGTON, CMC – The USA Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says that it had collaborated with the US Division of Homeland Safety and US Customs and Border Safety (CBP) in facilitating elimination flights, together with single adults and household items, of undocumented immigrants to Caribbean international locations.
On Friday, ICE mentioned that nationals of Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica had been deported, in addition to residents from Central America, Cape Verde, and Liberia.
“Throughout every of the previous two weeks, we’ve got performed over 30 repatriation flights transporting hundreds of people again to their nation of origin and have repatriated over 5,000 people on to Mexico,” ICE mentioned.
“Noncitizens who lack a lawful foundation to remain in the USA will probably be eliminated, in step with US legislation,” it added. “In line with normal follow, the USA ensures that each one noncitizens with no authorized foundation to stay in the USA are correctly screened for legitimate safety claims and withholding of elimination by our legal guidelines and US worldwide obligations,” it added.
ICE mentioned this is applicable to all noncitizens, no matter nationality, “to make sure the orderly and humane processing, switch, and elimination of single adults and household items.”
The immigration enforcement company mentioned that Caribbean and different noncitizens positioned into elimination proceedings current their claims for reduction or safety from elimination earlier than immigration judges within the immigration courts administered by the US Justice Division’s Government Workplace for Immigration Assessment.
“Resulting from operational safety causes, ICE doesn’t verify or focus on future or pending transportation operations,” it mentioned, stating that its Air Operations facilitates the switch and elimination of noncitizens, together with household items, through industrial airways and chartered flights in assist of ICE area places of work and different DHS initiatives.
In fiscal yr 2022, ICE mentioned its Enforcement and Elimination Operations performed 72,177 removals to greater than 150 international locations worldwide.
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