How deported immigrants from the U.S. are increasing immigration to the U.S.?

The Trump administration’s deportation policies and rhetoric have been contentious since the beginning. The family separation policy, the zero tolerance policy, the language labelling immigrants as “animals” all known to be trying to decrease the number of illegal immigrants to the US, asylum seeker and singlehanded minors who come to the United States.

Despite this, the practice of deporting migrants, especially those convicted of crimes, has long been a key part of U.S. immigration policy. Between 1996 and 2015 the U.S. deported almost 5.4 million people to their countries of origin; 40 percent — approximately 2.4 million — had committed a felony criminal offense.

Though few would criticize the practice of deporting criminals, a research done by leading immigration lawyers in UK finds that this component of border control policy results into a vicious cycle. Deportations return criminals to their home countries. In some cases, those deported criminals help develop and extend criminal networks used to traffic drugs, weapons, and people. This, in turn, increases the frequency of violent crime in those countries — which sends more people fleeing those countries and migrating to the United States.

Why are so many people from Latin America attempting to enter the United States? Although some want to be reunified with their families or hope to find better economic opportunities, the vast majority of unauthorized migrants and asylum seekers arriving at the U.S. border are escaping from widespread violence. Many flee Central America’s so-called Northern Triangle — Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala — which are among the most violent places on Earth, with homicide rates approaching that of the world’s most deadly war zones. A large number of unaccompanied Central American minors arriving at the U.S. border since 2014 are trying to escape either being killed or forced into a gang.

Across countries and over time, violent crime has many causes. Some factors include whether countries had a history of civil wars, their levels of inequality and the strength of their political systems. After accounting for all the factors that might explain different levels of violence in a country, we still find that violence — measured as the annual number of homicides per capita — increases majorly as a country receives more convicts deported from the United States.

Deporting convicts surged homicide rates in migrants’ countries of origin. Criminal offenders came back to violent regions with limited opportunities, where governments are already having difficulties enforcing criminal laws. It’s hardly surprising, then, that convicts return to criminal and violent activities.

There has been a significant decline in the number of people looking to move to U.S, as reported by a majority of immigration lawyers in UK.

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