The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced new measures to increase overall control resources capacity, including repatriation flights and detention capacity, in support of the Presidential Order announced on June 4, 2024, and the joint Provisional Final Rule of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice titled "Securing the Border."
According to a statement issued by the entity, the aim is to significantly expedite "the process of accelerated deportation of those individuals who enter the country without a legal basis to remain in the United States."
One of the first actions taken by ICE mentions that it is the optimization of "air charter contracts to ensure that the maximum number of repatriation flights can be carried out weekly".
Last year they claim to have completed 29 repatriation flights per week, which they consider possible thanks to "continuous diplomatic efforts to significantly expand the number of countries to which ICE can regularly deport people".
The US organization mentioned a series of countries to which it has managed to send repatriates, among which territories in South America and the eastern hemisphere stood out.
They also stated that "efforts to expand the number of expulsion flights continue with the expectation that additional flights will be added to the schedule in the coming weeks to swiftly impose consequences on individuals crossing the southern border illegally while the Presidential Order and its Final Provisional Rule of implementation are in effect."
ICE also referred to the living conditions in its facilities, stating that they are working "to improve their ability to add detention capacity within the funds that Congress has made available."
They mentioned that the actions include "adjusting existing contracts at detention centers to expand the number of beds in ICE's detention network and filing a motion to allow the resumption of admissions at the ICE Adelanto Processing Center."
In addition to continuously reviewing "the overall detention capacity, and in doing so, taking measures to close certain facilities that no longer provide an adequate return on investment. This includes the closure of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, which is the most expensive center in the national detention network."
With the closure of this facility, they ensure that they will reallocate funds "to increase the overall detention bed capacity throughout the system by approximately 1,600 beds to better support operational needs. This additional bed space is being sought nationwide and is expected to be available immediately."
On June 4th, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions that prevent irregular migrants from receiving asylum in the United States after crossing the border illegally.
The White House pointed out in an official statement that the "actions will be in effect when the high levels of encounters of illegal migrants at the Southern Border exceed the capacity to generate timely consequences, as is the case on this June 4th.
However, the U.S. president himself has stated that the possibility of applying for asylum "will continue to be available" for those seeking to legally immigrate to the United States and schedule an appointment through the CBP One application for an interview at a port of entry.
After this announcement from the US side, the Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed an agreement between the countries of origin of the migrants and the United States to address the increase in asylum requests and deportations from that country.
The ruler would be trying to prevent the United States from returning migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua to Mexico, as announced by his counterpart Joe Biden.
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