21.01.2025 14:24
The new President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a series of critical executive orders following his inauguration ceremony. With Trump's new immigration executive order, 80,000 undocumented Turkish citizens in the U.S. could be deported.
As of 8:00 PM last night in the USA, President Donald Trump, who officially took office after the oath ceremony, signed a series of critical executive orders.
Upon taking office, Trump signed an executive order granting him the authority to "Send back and remove" illegal immigrants until he is "sure that the invasion at the southern border has ended." It is reported that he also issued another order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
WILL IMPEDE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
The implementation of this order is uncertain. Birthright citizenship is a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and its repeal requires a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. It is anticipated that Trump is trying to prevent the children of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. from being automatically recognized as U.S. citizens.
THE NUMBER IS ESTIMATED TO EXCEED 60 THOUSAND
Trump's order regarding illegal immigrants is clear. This decision has also brought attention to the situation of Turkish citizens who have increasingly entered the U.S. illegally over the past 4-5 years. Official data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) showed that a total of 55,808 Turkish citizens entered illegally between January 2021 and August 2024. This number is currently estimated to have exceeded 60 thousand. Most Turkish citizens who entered the U.S. illegally from the Mexico and Canada borders have been caught, and official data reflects those who have been apprehended.
CONCERNS TURKISH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AS WELL
According to official data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the number of Turkish citizens who were detained after entering illegally and held in U.S. detention centers was 15,151 until recently. These Turkish citizens are in detention centers referred to as "camps," but those inside describe them as "prisons." Asylum-seeking Turks are brought to court after being detained to request asylum in the U.S. If the court accepts the asylum request and a U.S. citizen sponsors the asylum-seeking Turk, they are released from detention within a period ranging from one week to 3-4 months. Some asylum-seeking Turks are deported to Turkey after their asylum requests are denied in court. The number of those who have crossed illegally and those who are detained is estimated to have exceeded 80 thousand. All of these individuals are currently subject to deportation.