Sign the petition: Demand DHS halt ALL deportations and return iAero Airways Flight 3562 passengers back to the U.S.

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Sign the petition: Demand DHS halt ALL deportations and return iAero Airways Flight 3562 passengers back to the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security

On January 28, 2021, under the cover of darkness, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hurriedly deported a group of chained and horrified Black immigrants from Alexandria, Louisiana to Kingston, Jamaica.

This came on the heels of Texas District Judge Drew Tipton’s unjust temporary restraining order (TRO) to halt the implementation of President Biden’s executive order that placed a 100-day moratorium on deportations. This latest deportation further affirms that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to inflict two weeks of continued pain and suffering on Black and brown immigrants during the fourteen-day TRO.

However, the TRO does not require ICE to deport people with final orders of removal. ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) still have the power to grant stays of removal on an individual basis, and they should use their prosecutorial discretion and the new, narrow enforcement priorities to do so. DHS also should grant the right of return to all deported people on iAero Airways Flight 3562.

The Biden administration made a critical first step towards beginning to address exactly what is wrong with the immigration system, instead of barreling ahead using misguided and cruel removal priorities and policies. The moratorium represented a previously-unimaginable collective exhale from thousands of Black and brown people -- both those in detention and their communities of support.

We must collectively put pressure on DHS to stop deporting our community members and return all deported community members on iAero Airways Flight 3562.

Sign the petition: Urge DHS to halt ALL deportations and return all people on iAero Airways Flight 3562.

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To: Department of Homeland Security
From: [Your Name]

On January 28, 2021, under the cover of darkness, ICE hurriedly deported a group of chained and horrified Black immigrants from Alexandria, Louisiana to Kingston, Jamaica just eight days after President Biden issued a 100-day deportation moratorium and two days after Texas District Judge Tipton issued a TRO against Biden’s moratorium. However, the TRO does not require DHS to deport people with final orders of removal. ICE and CBP still have the power to grant stays of removal on an individual basis, and they should use their prosecutorial discretion and the new, narrow enforcement priorities to halt all deportations and bring back our community members deported on iAero Airways Flight 3562. Do the right thing: halt all deportations and immediately reunite Flight 3562 passengers with their families here in the United States.

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