ICE deports hundreds of Jamaicans, Haitians, and others

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a component agency of the Department of Homeland Security, working in close coordination across the department, including with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults and family units between July 22 and July 26.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru.

If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States, they are processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law. 

In the year following the end of the Title 42 public health order — between May 12, 2023, and May 12, 2024 — DHS removed or returned over 742,000individuals, the vast majority of whom crossed the southwest border, including more than 111,000individual family members. Total removals and returns in that period exceeded removals and returns in every full fiscal year since 2010.

Throughout the last three fiscal years, most southwest border encounters resulted in removal, return or expulsion.

DHS has removed and returned more than 65,000 individuals to more than 125 countries, including by operating more than 200 international repatriation flights since the presidential proclamation to temporarily suspend the entry of certain noncitizens across the southern border and the complementary joint interim final rule issued by DHS and the U.S. Department of Justice took effect seven weeks ago.

In keeping with standard practice, the United States ensures that all noncitizens without a legal basis to remain in the United States are properly screened for valid protection claims and withholding of removal in accordance with our laws and U.S. international obligations.

This applies to all noncitizens, regardless of nationality, to ensure the orderly and humane processing, transfer and removal of single adults and family units.

Noncitizens placed into removal proceedings present their claims for relief or protection from removal before immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are administered by the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. Due to operational security reasons, ICE does not confirm or discuss future or pending transportation operations.

ICE Air Operations facilitates the transfer and removal of noncitizens, including family units, via commercial airlines and chartered flights in support of ICE field offices and other DHS initiatives.

In fiscal year 2023, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted 142,580 removals and 62,545 Title 42 expulsions to more than 170 countries worldwide.

B-roll for removal flights is available here.

DHS has made additional videos available to the public and the media, including b-roll footage of removal flights, a public service announcement and testimonials from migrants who have been removed.#

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14 COMMENTS

  1. very sad my cousins who are from Antigua got deported too an they weren’t that illigal they were in the process of sorting out there document guess trump really dnt like black ppl

  8. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted 142,580 removals and 62,545 Title 42 expulsions to more than 170 countries worldwide.
    Yet the headline highlighted 2 caribbean islands. Smh

  9. In fiscal year 2023, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted 142,580 removals and 62,545 Title 42 expulsions to more than 170 countries worldwide.

    Yet Jamaica and Haiti were headlined. Smdh

  10. Our very own Head of the Immigration Department Katrina Yearwood could learn a lesson or two from the ICE’S deportation and enforcement team.

    Up till now, Antiguans have not been kept up to date with known foreign criminal activities, and whether or not deportation orders are in place for their imminent return.

    Furthermore an urgent update is also required for the missing Africans, Haitians and Indians in this country.

    KATRINA YEARWOOD WHA’ HAPPEN TO YOU?

  11. Why send only the criminals back and keep all our bright ones. And later claim they are Americans.
    We are losing too many of our bright minds to America, Canada and Europe. We have seen it in the last AI Conference held right here in Antigua at UWI Five Islands Campus. It’s amazing to see so many Caribbean Nationals holding that many high positions in International Tech Companies such as IBM and Google. Building up other nations kingdoms.

  14. @Brixtonian July 28, 2024 At 7:58 pm
    Brix I see you’re fishing. No fish here. Go to Cooks pond like Baldwin.

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