Kathmandu. The Donald Trump administration has indicated that it will be more strict on immigrants.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now preparing to deport immigrants to a third country on just a six-hour notice. So far, ICE has waited at least 24 hours after they are notified of deportation to a third country. However, in the new order, the agency can quickly deport.
The statement was issued by ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons. This indicates that the difficulties of immigrants in the US will increase in the coming days.
“Ice can now expel immigrants to countries other than their own country at just a six-hour notice,” top Trump administration official Todd Lyons said in a new statement. This deportation of immigrants from third countries can be done even if there is no guarantee of security from those countries. ’
It is clear that the trump administration’s new policy is to speed up the process of expulsion in countries around the world.
In June this year, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court order, paving the way for the Trump administration to resume such deportations. A lower court banned deportation if immigrants fear persecution in a third country. Following the court’s decision, ICE deported eight migrants from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Sudan and Vietnam to South Sudan.
The Trump administration argues that this policy will help immediately eliminate those who do not live in america. In particular, people with criminal records can be deported immediately. However, many experts have called it a cruel policy. Because people can be sent to countries where they may face violence.
Trina Realmuto, a lawyer for an immigrant group that has challenged the Trump administration’s deportation policy in third countries in court, says the new policy is too little to provide the statutory and due process protection required by law. People should not be sent to countries where they do not know the language and can face persecution there. ’
