Biden's administration deported hundreds of people in its early days.

President Joe Biden's administration deported hundreds of immigrants in its early days, despite his campaign promise to end the illegal expulsion. Writes about it AP.

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In late January, a federal judge ordered the Biden administration not to impose a 100-day moratorium on deportations, but the decree did not require the government to schedule them. In recent days, the US Immigration and Customs Service has deported immigrants to at least three countries: 15 to Jamaica on January 28 and 269 to Guatemala and Honduras on January 29. Additional deportation flights are planned for early February.

It is unclear how many of these people are considered threats to national or public security, or have recently crossed the border illegally, which is a priority for deportation under the new guidance the Department of Homeland Security has issued to law enforcement, which went into effect on Monday, February 1.

Some of those deported could be expelled - a faster process than deportation - under an order issued by US President Donald Trump during the coronavirus pandemic that Biden has kept in place.

On January 29, in the border town of El Paso, Texas, immigration officials deported a woman who witnessed the 2019 Walmart massacre that killed 23 people. According to her lawyers, she agreed to testify against the perpetrator and met with the local district attorney.

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This woman (her name is Rosa) was stopped due to a faulty brake light, was detained on the basis of previous warrants for a traffic violation and then turned over to ICE, which deported her before she could contact her lawyer, Melissa Lopez said. executive director of the non-profit service for migrants and refugees.

Rosa fears for her safety in Juarez, a city on the US-Mexico border near El Paso that is known for violence and gang activities.

The El Paso District Attorney's Office has confirmed that it has provided Rosa's lawyers with the documentation they need to apply for a U.S. visa for crime victims. But the statement also said Rose was "not a victim of the Walmart murder."

Her lawyers say Rose pleaded guilty to drunk driving in 2018, and ICE later released her, stressing that she is not a threat to society.

Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris openly opposed the Trump administration's immigration priorities during the presidential campaign.

“It is important that President Biden and Vice President Harris recognize that despite their very clear wishes regarding the treatment of immigrants, we continue to see immigrants being mistreated and ignored at the local level,” Rosa's attorney said.

ICE said it deported people to Jamaica in accordance with a court order issued in late January. Also, officials in Honduras confirmed that 131 people were on a deportation flight that landed on January 29. Another flight carried 138 people to Guatemala, with another 30 arriving on 1 February.

Veronica Escobar, a spokesman for the US Democratic Party, of Texas, which includes El Paso, said her office had transferred Rose's case to the White House.

“I am concerned that ICE will continue its actions before the Biden administration has had a chance to evaluate and issue further directives,” Escobar said Feb. 1.

Two legal experts say that regardless of a judge's deportation moratorium order, ICE can release immigrants with deportation orders, hold people in custody, or otherwise delay the deportation process. This is at the discretion of the agency.

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US District Judge Drew Tipton at the end of January issued an interim court order requested by Texas that prohibits compliance with the 100-day moratorium on deportation, which took effect January 22. Tipton said the Biden administration violated federal administrative procedures law by imposing a moratorium without proving why a pause in deportation was necessary. He also said that the order will be extended until February 23.

The White House reissued a statement on January 29, in which it believed the moratorium was "entirely appropriate," adding that "President Biden remains committed to taking immediate action to reform the immigration system to ensure that it upholds American values ​​while maintaining community safety ”.

Biden is expected to issue a series of immigration-related decrees, including the creation of a task force to reunite families separated during the Trump administration.

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