Plane with 88 Trump-era deportees bound for Brazil lands in Manaus
The aircraft was scheduled to take off to Confins airport, in Minas Gerais, but did not take flight because the plane needed to undergo maintenance
DoA flight with 88 deported from the United States to Brazil, landed in Manaus, Amazonas, on Friday. The aircraft was scheduled to take off to Confins airport, in Minas Gerais, but did not fly because the plane needed to undergo maintenance. This operation is part of an agreement established between Brazil and the USA in 2017, which aims to facilitate the return of Brazilian citizens who have been prosecuted for illegal entry into the North American country and who are not entitled to appeal.
When they arrive in Brazil, these deportees will not face penalties. Representatives of Lula’s government clarified that the arrival of this flight should not be linked to the new migration policy implemented by Donald Trump, since the organization of such flights requires considerable time. The responsibility for the reception and procedures related to the arrival of the deportees will be of the Federal Police.
Since Trump took over the presidency, 538 immigrants in an irregular situation have been detained. The average number of arrests carried out by ICE, the US immigration agency, was 311 per day in the fiscal year that ended in September 2024, while in the previous year, this average was 467. The Trump administration claimed that many of the detainees were criminals, but did not provide details on whether they all had convictions. The Pentagon announced that the U.S. Armed Forces will provide flights to deport more than 5,000 immigrants who are detained in El Paso and San Diego. In addition, Trump sent 1,500 additional soldiers to the border with Mexico and facilitated the action of state and municipal authorities in the detention of immigrants.
Since his first campaign, Trump has adopted a rigorous stance on immigration. In his new mandate, he signed a series of decrees that had an immediate impact on the immigrant population. Among the measures are the declaration of national emergency on the southern border, the suspension of the entry of immigrants, the authorization for arrests in schools and hospitals, and the limitation of the right to citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
A federal judge blocked one of the decrees that restricted citizenship, arguing that such a measure violated the Constitution. The UN also spoke out against the suspension of the entry of refugees, stressing that the right to refuge is widely recognized at the international level. An internal memo revealed that the Trump administration granted ICE the authority to accelerate the deportation of immigrants with temporary visas, even those who were under Biden administration programs, which aimed to create more legal options for requesting refuge.
Associated Press