(EFE).- The United States has deported more than 380,000 migrants in the last seven months who could not show a “legal basis” to remain in the country, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported this Thursday.
In a statement, the DHS said that several flights with deported migrants departed this Thursday from the United States to India, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Central American countries.
Those expelled included single adults and families who had no legal basis to remain in the country.
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is responsible for deportations, has multiplied the number of flights carrying deportees since May last year, when Title 42, a measure that allowed the immediate expulsion of immigrants, was no longer implemented on health grounds.
Among the 380,000 deportees are migrants who are sent directly to Venezuela and Cuba
Since May 2023, ICE has deported more than 380,000 people, including 60,000 with family members. That’s five times the number of deportations in all of 2022, when 72,177 immigrants were deported to more than 150 countries worldwide.
Among the 380,000 deportees are migrants who are sent directly to Venezuela and Cuba. On October 18, the United States resumed direct repatriation of Venezuelan citizens after suspending the practice for four years.
On Oct. 26, Cuba received the seventh flight of migrants deported from the United States since both countries agreed to reactivate repatriation by air almost a year ago.
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