142 Guyanese deported from U.S. this year
Dec 19, 2018 , https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...-from-u-s-this-year/
Comparative figures show that the number of Guyanese being deported for crimes from the US has risen.
According to figures released from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), some 142 persons would have been detained for deportation for this year to be sent back here.
This would correspond to 137 for the 2017 period.
The US has an estimated 300,000-plus Guyanese living there.
Recently, outgoing US ambassador, Perry Holloway, questioned about the deportations, said that there has not been a major increase.
The crimes range from drunk driving and other traffic offences, to drugs, immigration, assault, and weapons offences, sexual assault, kidnapping and homicide.
ICE explained that removals data are historical and remain static.
In 2009, ICE began to “lock” removal statistics on October 5 at the end of each fiscal year, and counted only aliens whose removal or return was already confirmed.
Aliens removed or returned in that fiscal year but not confirmed until after October 5 were excluded from the locked data, and thus from ICE statistics.
According to the figures, for year 2017, some 226,119 persons were deported from the US for varying crimes to different countries. This rose sharply this year to 256,085.
The report explained that the removal system identifies, arrests, and removes aliens who present a danger to national security or a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine border control and the integrity of the U.S. immigration system.
ICE shares responsibility for administering and enforcing the nation’s immigration laws with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
During this year, ICE said it continued its focus on priorities laid out by two primary directives issued in 2017.
On January 25, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13768, Enhancing Public
Safety in the Interior of the United States (EO), which set forth the Administration’s immigration enforcement and removal priorities.
U.S. immigration and other border officials have stepped up their campaign to send back immigrants who broken laws.
This expanded ICE’s enforcement focus to include removable aliens who have been convicted of any criminal offence; have been charged with any criminal offence that has not been resolved; have committed acts which constitute a chargeable criminal offence; have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter before a governmental agency; have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits and are subject to a final order of removal but have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the United States.
A person can be removed also if they pose a risk to public safety or national security.
Leading the list of deportees were Mexicans at 141,045 with Guatemala at 50,390 and Honduras at almost 29,000. Brazil clocked 1,691 for this year with Ecuador and Colombia next.
The number of Jamaicans deported was 792. There were 336 Venezuelans sent back.
Nearer to home, in Trinidad and Tobago, 104 persons were deported this year. There were 17 Barbadians sent back.
