{"id":424000,"date":"2024-11-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=424000"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"McDoullet-Undocumented-may-face-challenges-uncertainties-under-Trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/McDoullet-Undocumented-may-face-challenges-uncertainties-under-Trump\/","title":{"rendered":"McDoullet: Undocumented may face challenges, uncertainties under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although most undocumented immigrants are not criminals and would not fall under urgent deportation, they may face challenges and uncertainties under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, according to immigration lawyer Joey McDoulett.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo different from the current policy that\u2019s in place. The current policy from the Biden administration was to focus on deporting criminals who are also illegally present that\u2019s not any different. The difference for Trump is that he\u2019s advocating large-scale roundups and detentions of people pending deportation. So, for most people of the CNMI, they\u2019re not present with crimes like they\u2019re not murderers, drug dealers, and rapists, but they might be present illegally, so they wouldn\u2019t fall into that category of urgent deportation,\u201d he said in an interview with Saipan Tribune<\/em> before serving as guest at the Rotary Club of Saipan meeting last Tuesday at Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan.<\/p>\n

McDoulett said that Trump\u2019s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants is unrealistic due to logistical challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing we\u2019ve seen so far on that plan is the general intention to deport millions of people, right? But I think it\u2019s an unrealistic goal because he said 11 million immigrants or illegal immigrants would be deported in his first year in office. The reason I say it\u2019s unrealistic is because of the logistics involved in a single deportation, much less collecting 11 million people and preparing to deport them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the plan could generate fear in immigrant communities and implementing deportation on Saipan may face challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it will generate a lot of fear in a lot of communities…I think (Saipan) will be affected for sure, because of the fear that people will experience, and nobody knows how it will be implemented, and if you are in that position on Saipan, you only have your fear to deal with here when we talk about the real-world requirements to do a roundup and deportation. It\u2019s hard for Saipan because facilities don\u2019t exist, like the large-scale detention, they don\u2019t exist. I don\u2019t know how our local enforcement office will try to implement that policy because they don\u2019t have facilities to house the people that they would have to pick up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deportation policy may face challenges due to a lack of infrastructure and diplomatic agreements, according to McDoulett.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey also don\u2019t have right now a direct method to pick people up and deport them to say China, they don\u2019t just have it in place because the diplomatic agreements don\u2019t exist between the United States and China to allow those kinds of official actions to take place, so I don\u2019t know how they\u2019ll go about doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moreover, McDoulett said that undocumented immigrants are already worried about their status and that new policies may not be vastly different, but there are more motivated individuals to enforce them.<\/p>\n

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Lawyer Joey McDoulett said that undocumented immigrants may face challenges and uncertainties under the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n

-RACQUEL FLOYD
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