The United States has begun extended deportations of persons residing in the country illegally. We wrote. inactive recently, that according to estimates of Polish consuls, the number of Poles who may be affected by deportation from the US is up to 30 thousand. Onet, citing Gazeta.pl portal, informed about the detention of 2 Poles who are to be deported.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs, Paweł Wroński, was asked by PAP to confirm the information about this incident. Wronski confirmed that the MFA received specified information, but did not disclose details of the case or reasons for deportation. He pointed out that it is unclear whether the decision to expel Poles stems from standard American procedures, or from fresh procedures, Rapid the deportation way announced by president Donald Trump.
We keep monitoring the case, it's not fresh due to the fact that I wanted to point out that by 24 January this year, there were 67 deportations (Poles residing in the United States – ed.) – stated the press spokesperson.
Unregulated formalities
Wronski noted that the Ministry besides received information about another persons who were refused entry into the US. He stressed that Polish citizens should contact consulates that can aid with formalities, including passports, which frequently facilitates the situation.
Deputy Head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, Henryk Mościcka-Dendys, pointed out that people at hazard of deportation do not always fit into the stereotypical image of illegal immigrants. Many of them were Poles who left for the US in the 1990s and never regulated their residence status.
Deport price
Trump entrusted mass deportations to 62-year-old Thomas Homan, who led the immigration and customs office (ICE) during his first presidency. Homan late estimated that the cost of the full process could be $86 billion, though according to The Wall Street Journal This amount can scope up to 162 billion.
According to a study by the American Immigration Council, a non-profit immigrant rights defender, a long-term program of mass deportation could cost $88 billion a year, which for more than a decade would give full spending of $967.9 billion. Homan, however, stressed that these costs were low compared to yearly expenditure on living, accommodation, food and migrant movements in the US.
