Deportations continue despite pandemic

The US continues to deport immigrants amid the health crisis caused by the arrival of COVID-19.

There are already several reports showing positive cases of Coronavirus in groups of immigrants deported from the US to countries in Central America and the Greater Antilles.

• Guatemala’s figures show that 20% of the country’s infected people are from deportations from North America.
• Jamaica has already reported one deported immigrant who tested positive in the Coronavirus exam.
• Haiti has also announced the arrival of infected deportees.
• Mexico complained about the number of COVID-19 infected deportees that entered its territory during the last 3 weeks.

Despite these figures, Trump’s administration continues deportations amid the pandemic, arguing that the US cannot receive more immigrants, at least temporarily.

The current administration also declares that the country should try to reduce the number of immigrants detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) centers across the country.

New deportations to South America

Now, the US, in its attempt to protect the local population, is deporting immigrants to South America.

The latest report ensures that an ICE plane arrived in Colombia with 52 immigrants deported from the north of the American continent.

According to ICE, they conducted COVID-19 tests to rule out any possibility of contagion on the plane.

In addition to that, the medical personnel checked the temperature of each of the immigrants before deporting them to Colombia.

What is the danger of deportations in the midst of the pandemic?

North America is the epicenter of the virus right now, therefore, the fear of thousands of immigrant rights advocates and Latin American countries is that the US is exporting the virus to less favored territories and more vulnerable to massive contagion.

Colombia does not have enough local resources to counter a massive COVID-19 outbreak. In fact, it is currently struggling to overcome the irreversible economic crisis.

In addition, on March 30 the US sent a plane with deported immigrants to Colombia and 24 people tested positive for the COVID-19 exam.

That was one of the first alarms for South America, and the countries came together to ask the US to temporarily cease deportations until the contagion peak subsides across the entire continent.

It is important to emphasize that the virus can be visible up to 14 days after infection and not immediately.

That is why the Colombian government ordered quarantine for the 52 deportees for at least 15 days to avoid a possible unstoppable spread of the virus.

The near future of deportations

Despite claims made by the governments of Central America, South America, and immigrant rights advocates, Trump’s administration plans to follow the normal course of deportations.

The best solution is to avoid deportation at all costs and thus be able to protect our families from the imminent danger of the pandemic.

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