Thread: 41,000 illegals in detention as DHS vows to deport Haitians

Number of illegals in detention surges 20 percent as DHS vows to deport Haitians


In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants receive food and drinks from volunteers as they wait in line at a Mexican immigration agency in Tijuana with the hope of gaining an appointment to cross to the U.S. side of ... more >

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Homeland Security is holding some 41,000 illegal immigrants in detention right now, the department said Wednesday, as agents struggle to get control of a new surge across the border — including a wave of Haitian migrants that is testing the limits of immigration policy.

Usually the government only contracts for about 34,000 detention beds, so surpassing 40,000 is a staggering number and signals the difficulties immigration agents are facing at the border as Central American children and families, and now Haitians, try to gain a foothold.

Secretary Jeh Johnson said he’s asked for even more bed space, saying that holding onto illegal immigrants, rather than catching and releasing them, makes it more likely they can quickly be deported.

“We must enforce the immigration laws consistent with our priorities,” he said. “Those who attempt to enter our country illegally must know that, consistent with our laws and our values, we must and we will send you back.”

Mr. Johnson also said deportation flights back to Haiti have resumed in full. They had been largely put on hold since the 2010 earthquake that devastated that country. Flights resumed earlier this fall, only to be suspended again after Hurricane Matthew.

Haitians who fled that county to South America after the earthquake have suddenly begun to flow north, hoping to get into the U.S., in recent months.
They’re arriving at a rate of about 3,000 a month, according to an internal Homeland Security intelligence bulletin that said lax U.S. enforcement is encouraging them to make the trip.

Hundreds had massed at border crossings in California, where they waited in line to demand asylum. When that became crowded, Haitians started testing border crossings further east, the intelligence analysts said.

Tens of thousands of Haitians who went to live in Brazil and Chile after the earthquake are now eyeing the journey, border officials predicted. They pay thousands of dollars to smuggling networks to be shepherded north, with varying degrees of cooperation from countries along the way.

In one example, analysts said, Mexican officials grant the migrants passes for transit that are just long enough to let the migrants get from southern Mexico to the northern border with the U.S.

Costa Rica also issues a 25-day permit, which gives them easier access to public transportation to get across that country.

The intelligence analysis said a stronger show of force by U.S. officials vowing to deport Haitians could discourage new migrants from attempting the journey.

Mr. Johnson appears to have taken that advice in ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to kick-start deportations.

“Removal flights from the United States to Haiti have now resumed,” he said in his statement. “In the last several weeks ICE has removed over 200 Haitian nationals and plans to significantly expand removal operations in the coming weeks.”

Mr. Johnson said that of the 41,000 migrants being held, more than 4,400 are Haitians.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...urges-20-perc/

Load up the Military Cargo Transport aircraft.

That's terrific!! Get them out fast!!

Where are the deportation flights to Mexico? Status please.

Cheaper to bus them to Mexico and march them right back across...get them out first. When that starts happening the rest will sell out, pack up and drive back.

Then go to every jail and Prison and load up the plane full to the countries further away.

Stop these Cuban's from coming here too. No more!

There are about 30 million illegal aliens in the US, maybe more. But assume 30 million for now.

I heard on the news that almost 50 million people will be traveling today for Thanksgiving, 4 million will be on aircraft.

I mention this to explain how easy it is for the United States to move, relocate, deport 30 million people.

Trump understands this whereas so many pundits, politicians and others don't. I think he understands this whereas they don't, because of his hotel business which is based on travel and logistics, so they study the numbers of movement, mobilization, traffic, travel and tourism. He knows and has always known how easy it is to solve this problem. That's why when he asked by reporters "how are you going to do it", he looks at them disgusted and answers "management."

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! Competence has arrived and will soon be in charge of our country!

Thank you Donald J Trump, President-Elect of the United States of America!!

ICE Air Operations

Fact Sheet

• ICE Air Operations (IAO) is the air transportation arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
• IAO is located within the ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). ERO's mission is to identify arrest and remove aliens who present a danger to national security or are a risk to public safety, as well as those who enter the United States illegally or otherwise undermine the integrity of our immigration laws and our border control efforts.
• IAO supports this mission by providing air transportation services to ERO's 24 field offices, to facilitate the movement of aliens within the United States and also the removal of aliens to destinations worldwide.
• IAO facilitates the transportation and removal of aliens via commercial flights; and since 2006, it has transported and/or removed hundreds of thousands of aliens using air charter services.
• IAO procures the majority of its charter flight services from vendors through the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule. IAO chartered aircraft are a combination of Boeing 737s and MD-80s, capable of transporting 135 aliens. This arrangement provides IAO with cost effective and highly flexible flight services; and as a result, IAO can rapidly adjust to changing requirements such as dates, times and operating locations.
• Mexican nationals ordered removed from the United States travel on domestic flights from various U.S. cities to Southern tier cities such as San Diego, Calif. and Brownsville, Texas. They are then bused across the U.S.-Mexico border. Other foreign nationals ordered removed are flown from various U.S. cities or IAO hub cities such as Mesa, Ariz., San Antonio, Texas, Alexandria, La., and Miami, Fla., to Central and South America, and other countries.
• Domestic destinations include Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev.; El Paso, Texas; Boise, Idaho; Newark, N.J.; New Orleans, La.; St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Denver, Colo.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, Nev.; Miami, Fla.; Chicago, Ill.; Bakersfield, Calif.; Kansas City, Mo.; Columbus, Ga.; Oakland, Calif.; and Harrisburg, Pa.
• IAO routinely conducts:
  
  • Domestic flights to facilitate the transfer, staging and removal of aliens via land ports of entry or for flights abroad;
  • Regularly scheduled repatriation flights to countries with a high volume of removals;
  • Long-range charter flights to countries or regions (including Europe, Africa, and Asia) on an as needed basis; and
  • Special charters to accommodate aliens with serious medical conditions, those who fail to comply with removal efforts, and high-profile removals.
  
  
• The majority of IAO charter flights operate in the United States, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Foreign destinations include: the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Ecuador.

https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/ice-air-operations

In one example, analysts said, Mexican officials grant the migrants passes for transit that are just long enough to let the migrants get from southern Mexico to the northern border with the U.S.

Costa Rica also issues a 25-day permit, which gives them easier access to public transportation to get across that country.

Stop all funding to those countries - not our friends.