Number of Irish citizens deported from US up by more than 50%

by qwerty_1965

13 comments
  1. That could mean as little as one extra deportation. Numbers are sometimes better than percentages, unless it’s trying to sway opinions.

  2. “A spokesperson for ICE said: “Individuals who are in the US lawfully and have not violated immigration laws or committed crimes have no reason to fear enforcement actions.””

    The deportations to a questionable immigration ‘camp’ says otherwise based on media coverage of those who actually got locked up, it’s not just the criminals but the innocent..

    What were them Concentration camps called again, oh yeah holiday camps

  3. Turns out last year was the all time high record number of deportations too, one

  4. One Irish citizen deported back on my flight a few weeks ago, overheard the cabin crew saying no alcohol for the passenger being deported just like last week.

    He was boarded before other pax and an plain clothes agent stood with him until we were ready to depart, his documents were handed into the pilots.

  5. Ok, since no one read the artical:

    “… This compares to **60 deportations** between October 2023 and September 2024. A US immigration lawyer told BBC News NI the number had increased since President Donald Trump’s election….

    Figures released to BBC News NI show that between 1 January this year and 29 September, **99 Irish citizens were deported.**

    This is an increase of more than 50% compared to the 2024 fiscal year – from October 2023 to September 2024 – during which 60 Irish citizens were deported.

    In previous years the number of deportations per fiscal year were:

    * 2023: 37
    * 2022: 17
    * 2021: 10
    * 2020: 19

    …. ”

    So, it is an increase but for now I think it won’t cause that much of a distrubence all things considered.

  6. This woman has had her Green card since she was 18. She had 2 minor arrests for bad checks. She left the country and was detained on return. This is legal but but they never enforced it.

    This is a shit article because it’s not explaining why this is happening.

    If she had naturalized they wouldn’t be able to do this. So she wasn’t “illegal” which I think alot of people are not understanding. 

    If you know any greencard holders in America with no arrests encourage them to naturalize. It will protect them from this bullshit. 

    If they do have a record they can never leave or they will do this to them at re-entry. It’s an obscure law they never enforced until now so people don’t know. 

    They are using anything they can to deport people.

    Im American and I’m so glad my  undocumented Irish cousins left before they could do this to them. We have thousands of vulnerable people in NYC that could be scooped up and held in horrible conditions for months to wait for deportation. I wish they would just leave. 

    This is not a good place to be anymore. I would leave if I could but I’m disabled so Im stuck. 

  7. Anyone who claims to be Irish who supports Trump is a moron or a bigot, probably both.

  8. Will say, this doesn’t include the “self-deportations” that have seen a huge increase this administration. Previously protected Irish like those given special consideration as part of the Good Friday Agreement have been served papers, so many of them of the other political migrants and refugees have fled, too.

  9. Good. Anyone illegal in another country should be removed.

  10. If you are legal and have your green card, there is literally nothing they can do. I understand people having anxiety and fear, but there’s way too many BS stories circulating.

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