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All 21 Haitians deported from the U.S. on Feb. 4 stay in custody on the Haitian Nationwide Police headquarters in Cap-Haïtien, awaiting in depth screening. Authorities suspect some used pretend names to enter the U.S. and will have gang affiliations.
CAP-HAÏTIEN — Twenty-one Haitian nationals deported from the USA on Feb. 4 stay in custody on the Haitian Nationwide Police (PNH) headquarters in Cap-Haïtien. Authorities suspect that a few of those that had been deported for illegally getting into the U.S. might need used pretend names to cross into the nation, a police supply instructed The Haitian Occasions on Feb. 5.
A delegation from the Central Directorate of Judicial Police (DCPJ) was scheduled to go to the police station on Feb. 6 to display screen the deportees for additional investigation however didn’t present up for unknown causes. Officers are additionally probing potential gang affiliations amongst a few of the males, who allegedly crossed into the U.S. via the U.S.-Mexico border, in line with a police supply who requested to stay nameless as a result of he’s not licensed to speak to the press.
In keeping with a doc obtained by The Haitian Occasions from the police, 9 of the 21 deported people — all males aged between 23 and 43 — had entered the U.S. illegally. The remaining 12 deportees, all males aged 30 to 54, had lived within the U.S. for a very long time and had been convicted of assorted crimes together with sexual assault, battery, kidnapping, wire fraud, homicide, larceny, lewd habits and drug trafficking.
The U.S. authorities initially knowledgeable Haiti that the group would comprise 25 folks. Nevertheless, 4 of them detained for unlawful entry weren’t deported for an undisclosed purpose.
Awaiting their potential launch, the deportees had been noticed sporting jail uniforms inside a cramped holding cell on the police headquarters.
This deportation flight is the primary below U.S. President Donald Trump’s second time period, marked by his administration’s hardline stance on immigration enforcement.
Trump has vowed to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants and people convicted of crimes. His administration additionally plans to focus on migrants who entered the U.S. via the I-134A humanitarian parole program, also called the Biden program, which allowed entry for Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
In the meantime, as Haiti braces to welcome its share of deportations, dealing with returnees to make sure their reintegration into the nation with out exacerbating the safety disaster stays a problem.
Authorities say they’ll proceed assessing the deportees’ standing as a part of ongoing safety operations.