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<strong>KINAM</strong> <strong>MAGAZINE</strong> — <strong>FEBRUARY</strong> | <strong>MARCH</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
those people are considered<br />
national security or public<br />
safety threats or had recently<br />
crossed the border illegally. The<br />
Department of Homeland Security<br />
recently issued new<br />
guidance to enforcement agencies,<br />
saying that these categories<br />
of persons were priority for<br />
deportation.<br />
Some of the people put on<br />
the flights may have been expelled<br />
— which is a quicker<br />
process than deportation —<br />
under a public health order that<br />
former President Donald<br />
Trump invoked during the<br />
coronavirus pandemic and that<br />
Biden has kept in place.<br />
Both Biden and Vice President<br />
Kamala Harris vocally<br />
opposed the Trump administration’s<br />
immigration priorities<br />
during the presidential campaign.<br />
In October 2020, Harris<br />
stated that on the issue of immigration,<br />
“there couldn’t’ be<br />
a bigger difference between a<br />
Biden/Harris approach and a<br />
Donald Trump approach.”<br />
“Donald Trump has been<br />
horrendous. Look at the policy<br />
which has been about putting<br />
babies in cages and separating<br />
children from their parents at<br />
the border. He also broke his<br />
promise to the DREAMers,<br />
some of which are coming from<br />
Caribbean countries.”<br />
ICE said Friday that it had<br />
deported people to Jamaica and<br />
that it was in compliance with<br />
last week’s court order. The<br />
agency did not respond to several<br />
requests for further comment<br />
on additional deportation<br />
flights.<br />
Officials in Honduras confirmed<br />
that 131 people were on<br />
a deportation flight that landed<br />
Friday. Another flight that<br />
landed in Guatemala on Friday<br />
had 138 people, with an additional<br />
30 people expected to<br />
arrive Monday, officials there<br />
said.<br />
Last week, U.S. District<br />
Judge Drew Tipton banned the<br />
Biden administration from enforcing<br />
a 100-day deportation<br />
moratorium that had gone into<br />
effect Jan. 22. Tipton said the<br />
Biden administration had violated<br />
the federal Administrative<br />
Procedure Act in issuing the<br />
moratorium and had not proven<br />
why a pause in deportations<br />
was necessary.<br />
Tipton’s ruling, however,<br />
does not require deportations to<br />
resume at their previous pace.<br />
Immigration agencies typically<br />
have latitude in processing<br />
cases and scheduling removal<br />
flights.<br />
A statement from the White<br />
House said that despite the<br />
court ruling, President Biden<br />
remained committed to the<br />
cause.<br />
“President Biden remains<br />
committed to taking immediate<br />
action to reform our immigration<br />
system to ensure it’s upholding<br />
American values while<br />
keeping our communities safe,”<br />
the White House said.<br />
HOUSTON (AP) —<br />
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