US Deporting 120 Iranian Nationals under Trump’s Aggressive Immigration Crackdown: Tehran
News- Middle East: A Foreign Ministry official has announced that 120 Iranian immigrants are currently in the process of returning to the country from the United States, amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
In an interview on Tuesday, Hossein Noushabadi, the Parliamentary Director General of the Ministry, confirmed the returns, stating that the nationals, most of whom entered the US illegally via Mexico, would arrive in Iran within the next one to two days through Qatar.
The diplomat added that the “US Immigration Service is planning to expel about 400 Iranians currently living in the United States, most of whom entered illegally, in light of the new approach of the US government, which has an anti-immigrant approach.”
The Trump administration has claimed that aggressive deportations are necessary to correct years of insufficient enforcement, including under his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.
Trump had promised on his campaign trail to deport millions of people who are in the US illegally, and as president, he has also been ending legal pathways for immigrants to enter the US and to stay.
His anti-immigration policy has repeatedly been challenged across the United States by federal judges.
According to Noushabadi, some of those who are currently returning also had residence permits, but for reasons stated by the US Immigration Service, they decided to include them on the list.
He noted that the Foreign Ministry has asked the US government “to be sensitive to respecting the rights of Iranian immigrants, their citizenship rights, and the recognized rights afforded to them by international law.”
The US “should not deprive them of appropriate consular services and the right to a fair trial and the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights,” he added.
He also said that as Iranian citizens “who left the country legally, they face no restrictions on returning to their homeland.”
“We provide appropriate consular services to citizens who are returning to their homeland,” he added.
Source: Press TV
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