An Eastern Air Lines flight arrived in Bogotá on 10 May. 209 Colombians were carrying and boxes with folders with documents. Many left the plane crying after being deported from the United States.
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Disappointment arose not only after unsuccessful attempts to cross into the United States in search of the “American dream” but also the degrading treatment they were subjected to by that country’s immigration authorities.
Colombians who took shelter at El Dorado airport for hours this Wednesday said they were barely covered in a thermal blanket for weeks and spent days without washing in detention centers. Some also described being punished or even beaten in cold rooms.
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In recent weeks, US officials have reiterated that irregular migrants who reach the Mexican border will be repatriated. “There is no way to go to the border of the United States, to enter illegally. “If they get there, the only thing to do is to be arrested and sent back to their country,” said Francisco Palmieri, the US Ambassador to Colombia.
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As caravans of immigrants continue to arrive at the border, the processing centers and Border Patrol have reached the limit of their capacity, as this Thursday is the end of chapter 42 and the more severe chapter 8 beginning to reign, those who enter the United States illegally can be arrested and processed for expedited deportation. .
While the rules are similar, the clear difference is with the sanctions. Specifically, an irregular immigrant will be banned from entering the United States for at least five years and then face criminal prosecution for any attempt to cross the border illegally.
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flights with deported Colombians from the United States, Mamita Pilot Returns to PlanThe two countries worked for months.
However, there were setbacks in the US organization, which did not comply with some protocols and canceled flights at the last moment and postponed them to other days.
In fact, Colombian Immigration Director Fernando García Manosalva stated that one of the agreements in the negotiations was the treatment of immigrants. Although illegal entry into that country is a crime in the United States, “the use of restrictive elements such as hand and foot clamps, Honoring the treatment of Colombians, even among female mothers of families, has been one of the main aspects of negotiations with institutions”.
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Despite the dialogues, this treatment was repeated this Wednesday. under Many Colombians have experienced the drama of getting in shackles on their hands and feet, and so they persist in the degrading treatment they have been subjected to.
Although Colombia Migration helps Colombians deported after trying to enter the United States, many choose to move on and forget the bad moment in their detention centre.
The notorious thing is that many of the returning Colombians, in most cases, all families: grandparents, parents and grandchildren.
Of the 209 Colombians deported this Wednesday, 41 are men; 66 are women, 102 are underage.
They sold everything in Colombia for the ‘American dream’ but gave it back to their country.
Title 8, on the other hand, does not permit deportation only of persons without probable cause of asylum. The list includes:
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– Those trying to enter or have entered the United States After being inspected by an immigration officer at a designated port of entry, they are unable to prove that they have been physically present in the country continuously for the 2 year period immediately preceding admission or parole and the immigration officer. the date on which the inadmissibility was determined.
– If a Homeland Security agent identifies A foreigner cannot enter as they are inadmissible under Section 212 of the Immigration Act.
– Previously deported persons and they haven’t completed their sentence.
– Persons who have committed a crime or crime This makes them a threat to the national and public security of the United States.
– People who commit crimes of moral immorality.
– Any foreigner convicted of a crime involving moral immorality one year or more if convicted of a criminal offense committed within five years from the date of admission (or, in the case of a foreigner with lawful permanent resident status under section 1255(j) of this title, 10 years) persons with.
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