Detained Immigrants want to be Deported
Immigrants beg for deportation
Fear of COVID-19 creates panic in immigration detention centers and jails. Many of them ask for deportation as soon as possible.
Illegal immigration
Illegal immigration has always been a highly controversial topic in the US.
Immigrants who are captured trying to cross the country’s borders without a legal entry or residence permit are taken to immigration detention centers or jails around the country.
Normally, illegal immigration is very recurring in the US. Thousands of people come to the borders every day to try to cross them illegally or to request asylum/refuge for their families.
During the month of February, 2020, border entities captured 30,000 illegal immigrants. This figure does not count the people who did manage to cross the borders and enter the country.
However, with the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the figure for the past week is 150 detained illegal immigrants.
This figure is even lower than during the incident of September 11. The US has never had such a low number of illegal immigration.
The current government is pleased with this figure as they have always wanted to stop mass immigration at all costs.
However, immigrants who are currently detained are asking the government for help because of the risk of massive spread of COVID-19 in detention centers and prisons.
In fact, many of them want to be deported.
Why do they want to be deported?
The main reason they want to be deported is not even because they are locked up or separated from their families.
The reality is that detention centers and prisons can be hotbeds of the virus, and its massive spread is almost inevitable.
Therefore, they want to be deported because immigration centers do not have the necessary medical supplies to stop the contagion curve.
Detained immigrants do not have access to world news all the time.
They really didn’t know what was going on in the world until a week or two weeks ago when they realized they were in quarantine inside the detention centers and jails.
They have denounced mistreatment in jails for failing to comply the isolation orders.
They also mention that the number of deportations accelerated exponentially and they want to be deported as well.
The concerns about the spread of COVID-19 are very great, they are begging the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) to deport them immediately.
Since many of them have their families detained in the US as well, they want to be deported with them as soon as possible.
One of the detainees from El Salvador explicitly said: “People write to the judge that they want to be deported as soon as possible. They don’t want to continue fighting (…) “I would rather go home instead of being in this jail (…) Ice has to free all people, immediately.”
It is important to take into account that prisons and detention centers’ employees are also at risk of contagion, which is a huge concern for governmental entities.
The positive side of the situation
In light of current global circumstances, illegal immigration has been reduced and this is a very positive change for the country for multiple reasons:
- Immigrants are trying to follow the correct processes and enter the country legally.
- When we have more legal immigrants in the country, there are more opportunities for employment, education and socio-economic development.
- The government is more flexible with legal requests since immigrants contribute a considerable percentage of annual taxes and create companies that promote the country’s economic growth.
- Immigration agencies can help you with a better guide to present your case correctly to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS).
Find the right help for your immigration process
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