Bosco Díaz left his homeland two years ago, Camoapa, a Nicaraguan municipality some 100 kilometers from the capital, heading for the United States with the hope of improving his economic situation, but something frustrated his initial dreams: he was deported after being detained by border authorities.
Diaz tells the voice of america that the decision to leave the country was made in 2020, when he worked with his brother selling basic grains in a small family truck, but the increase in fuel prices and the high cost of living made him reconsider his outlook.
“We saw how the situation was in those days, it was difficult, the fuel was expensive, the parts for the truck were expensive. So, we felt that it was difficult to maintain it, so I decided instead to look for an economic improvement in the US,” he recalls.
However, the American dream, as he called his aspirations in the United States, changed. He was detained for 15 months, then he was transferred to an immigration judge and there they denied him a parole.
It was hard, but comforting
According to him, in 2020 in the state of Louisiana they only gave him parole to those who had direct relatives -such as father, grandparents, siblings- who were US citizens or residents.
“I did not have those requirements, I only have distant relatives, cousins, uncles. When I arrived, I went to the state of Texas and later they transferred me to Mississippi and later to Louisiana,” he commented.
It’s a bit of consolation, because it’s not easy to be held there for a long time”
The young man’s family spent a little more than $8,000 on lawyers to try to get him out of the detention center where he was being held, but they were unsuccessful. “When they told me that they were going to deport me, it was a bit hard but, in part, it was already a bit of consolation for one, because it is not easy to be held there for a long time,” he ponders.
This 30-year-old man returned to Nicaragua, where he integrated and worked on a farm. He assures that for now he does not plan to go to the United States again.
“I joined to work here, in Nicaragua. At the moment, I do not plan to leave because of the experience I had there. I had to reinvent myself,” he says.
When Bosco arrived in the United States, the immigration policy of former President Donald Trump, known as the program, was in effect. ‘Remain in Mexico’ -in Spanish, “Remain in Mexico”- which was revealed in December 2018.
This program consisted of people who entered the country irregularly or who entered without proper documentation and requested asylum would be sent to Mexico to await the resolution of their immigration procedures in the US.
Meanwhile, asylum seekers had to wait outside the United States until their immigration procedures were completed.
Currently the US Supreme Court canceled the immigration programwhich opens the door for the US government to decide now what will happen to those asylum cases that are already being processed.
President Joe Biden has said that it would be “irrational” to return migrants to countries like Nicaragua or Cuba.
More than 2,000 Nicaraguans were deported from the US in 2022
Nicaraguan migration has increased in the United States, according to official data. In fact, migrants go on tourist trips to GuatemalaMany continue to the US.
Between October and November of this year, 20,983 Nicaraguans were detained at the southern border, unprecedented numbersaccording to figures from the US Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP).
And deportations also continue in the United States. As of September 26 of fiscal year 2022, the United States deported at least 2,452 Nicaraguan citizens, he told the voice of america a spokesperson for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE).
ICE explained that it makes deportation determinations on a case-by-case basis, “regardless of nationality.”
“Before removing someone from the US, ICE conducts a thorough review of their case to ensure that due process has been granted and that they are not eligible for any additional form of relief at the time of removal,” the officer said. spokesman.
Nicaraguans, like immigrants from other countries, can be deported from the US for reasons that include illegal entry into the country -as occurred in the case of the young Díaz- but also for other reasons such as committing crimes, disobeying immigration laws and pose a threat to public safety.
“The operations conducted by ICE target threats to public safety, such as criminals, gang members, as well as individuals who have otherwise violated our nation’s immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed. , and immigration fugitives whose deportation had been ordered by federal judges,” the agency explained.
ICE’s Air Operations division, the IAO, is in charge of transfer flights for deportees to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Said moving flights will depart weekly.
Some seek to reintegrate their lives in their countries, as happened with Bosco Díaz, however others try once again to reach the “American dream.”
“The majority, at least 90% of those who were deported with me, left again…the vast majority who have lived in the United States and for some reason had been detained and deported, and those people are already used to life, and they look for a way to leave”, concludes Díaz.
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