ICE Admits Errors in Deportations

In the latest in an ever-growing line of Errors that have plagued the Trump (R) Administration’s Immigration Crackdown, ICE Officers have now Admitted a Software Error may have resulted in a Man being Deported to Mexico, despite Fear of Persecution. The Revelation emerged as the result of a Class-Action Lawsuit filed by a Guatemalan Man who was Deported to Mexico in March, despite Fears He would face Persecution there, on the basis of His Sexuality.

Initially, the Administration Argued that the Man Himself had told them He wasn’t afraid to be sent to Mexico, but in a Friday Court Filing, they Conceded that this Argument was based on Unaccurate Information. Retracting their Previous Assertions, ICE Officials have now said they have No Record of the Man telling Anyone that He was Unafraid of being sent to Mexico. They Attributed the Error to Software known as the “ENFORCE Alien Removal Module,” which tracks Deportations and allows ICE Employees to add Comments.

Assistant Field Office Director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Brian Ortega (R) said in a Sworn Statement, “Upon further investigation … ICE was unable to identify an officer or officers who asked ERO if He Feared a Return to Mexico.” ERO said a Guatemalan Citizen, was Deported to Mexico under a Provision that Allowed the Government to Rely on “Third Countries” when an Immigrant’s Home Country won’t Accept them.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy Blocked such Deportations, arguing that People Deported to Third Countries must also be given the Opportunity to Challenge their Deportations in Court. However, Murphy Declined to go so far as to Order the Trump Administration to Facilitate the Man’s Immediate Return from Mexico, because of the ongoing Dispute. As a Result, He is still in a Country where He has a genuine Fear of Persecution. The Error is the most recent in a lengthy number of Mistakes the Trump Administration has made since Trump returned to the Oval Office earlier this year, the most Publicized Mistake being the Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a Maximum Security Facility in El Salvador.

Other Mistakes include further Wrongful Deportations, including that of a Gay Makeup Artist and another Man whose Application for Asylum was still Pending, a College Student who was wrongly Pulled Over by Police and sent to an ICE Facility, Two American Citizen Children who were Deported, and Citizens being sent emails Warning them to Self-Deport as part of a Scheme to offer Immigrants Money to Leave the Country Voluntarily, with the Option to Apply for Citizenship again.










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