Washington, United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) It resumed deportations after a judge blocked the moratorium on deportations promulgated by President Joe Biden’s government last week, John Bruning, an immigration attorney, said Friday.
Bruning indicated that the US has at least four people were deported to Mexico and Honduras and prepares to deport another 18 to Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
After are presidential inauguration On January 20, Biden announced a 100-day hiatus in deportations, but on Tuesday, 26th Federal Judge Drew B. Tipton of the Southern District Court of Texas halted the nationwide enforcement of Biden’s order following a petition to that effect from State of Texas.
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Bruning, Member of Attorneys for the Human rights in Minneapolis, in Minnesota, reported on the deportations from that state in a post on his Twitter account.
Other US media indicated that at least 15 people had been deported on Thursday. ICE did not respond to this.
On Wednesday, activists who use the Immigrants confirmed that the court order preventing the moratorium does not, however, require the government to expel the immigrants, as it is an executive decision that can be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
Texas Attorney General Republican Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Biden’s decision to interrupt deportations last week, arguing that the new government acted arbitrarily by not consulting with them first, then court enforcing the presidential decree.
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For his part, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked the federal government to revoke the moratorium on the grounds that the deportations It violates an agreement signed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with Arizona and other states in the final weeks of President Donald Trump’s administration.
This action, seen by many as an obstacle to preventing the current government from enforcing its immigration policy, requires DHS to notify states in writing 180 days in advance with arguments and detailed explanations supporting the changes in immigration. policy.