Posted: 5:44 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015

MAP: Countries that refuse or delay deportation of felons


The Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has identified 23 countries that often refuses or delays issuing travel documents for ICE deportees. These are the countries least responsive to ICE requests and the average number of days it takes for the countries to repatriate citizens.


By KIRO 7 STAFF

The Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has identified 23 countries that often refuses or delays issuing travel documents for ICE deportees. Below are the countries least responsive to ICE requests and the average number of days it takes for the countries to repatriate citizens. To see a larger version of the map above, click here.

When the deportation process takes longer than six months, ICE must release the foreign nationals under our current laws.
Click here to read David Ham's investigation into the felons that can't be deported.

Country Average # of Days
Somalia 344
Cambodia 227
Vietnam 218
Sierra Leone 215
Liberia 205
Iraq 184
Democratic Republic of the Congo 171
St. Kitts And Nevis 165
India 155
Cuba 154
Zimbabwe 150
China 134
Pakistan 117
Antigua And Barbuda 115
Bangladesh 106
Iran 104
Guinea 102
St. Lucia 102
St. Vincent And Grenada 102
Dominica 100
Laos 72
Jamaica 59
Trinidad And Tobago 52

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