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1/ US: Last week, in a blow for migrant rights, a TX judge blocked the 100-day deportation moratorium. This TRO does *not* make deportation mandatory, yet @ICEgov is rushing ahead w/ removals. @hrw calls for a halt to deportations: THREAD
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2/ Deportations to Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica already reported. Now, troubling to hear of Cameroonians, Angolans, Congolese in @ICEgov detention moved to Alexandria, LA staging area, told they’re facing imminent deportation, activists told @hrw & @guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/01/us-immigration-deportations-ice-biden-administration
3/ A deportation moratorium is vital while the Biden admin begins assessment & reform of the US immigration system. @hrw has documented numerous due process failures for #asylumseekers, + harm befalling some deportees, e.g. to El Salvador & now Cameroon. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/05/us-deported-salvadorans-abused-killed
4/ In the case of #Cameroon, @hrw has already called on the US government to suspend deportations there based on extensively documented & widespread dangerous conditions, & risks of serious harm to deportees. #TPS #CameroonTPS https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/18/us-protect-cameroonians-deportation
5/ Deportations are also a major public health risk during the pandemic. The 100-day moratorium should be upheld and extended at the very least until the public health risk abates. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/04/us-suspend-deportations-during-pandemic#
