With United States President Donald Trump vowing to conduct a mass removal of illegal immigrants, charity group Open Arms Development Centre says it is ready to accommodate Jamaicans who are deported.
Shortly after Trump was inaugurated as the 47th U.S. President yesterday, he signed a flurry of executive orders and decrees aimed at cracking down on immigration.
From an order tackling the definition of birthright citizenship to an order declaring the illegal immigration at the border a national emergency, Trump swiftly made moves on his promises to tighten the U.S.-Mexico border.
In his inaugural address, Trump vowed that “all illegal entry will be halted” and that millions of “criminal aliens” will be deported.
Speaking with IRIE FM News last evening, Director of Open Arms, Yvonne Grant said if Jamaicans are included in this number, the organization will welcome them.
Meanwhile, the National Organisation for Deported Migrants (NODM) which collaborates with Open Arms said it will continue to work to reintegrate deported persons into society.
NODM assists with helping involuntarily returned migrants obtain documents such as their national identification card and taxpayer registration number (TRN).
Acting President of NODM, Anjuline Ellis said the organisation helped some 100 deportees last year and despite funding issues it is willing to assist persons who are deported under President Trump’s mass removal exercise.
