Estrada: US immigration laws have not changed

US Embassador, John Estrada, in a statement yesterday said non-US citizens convicted of crimes in the US can be deported to their country of origin.

This happens in Trinidad and Tobago, as all over the world, he said, noting that the vast majority of local citizens with US visas follow the laws while they are visiting the US and return home within the permitted time of stay.

“We look for the close relations and travel between our countries to continue,” Estrada said.

He quoted President Barrack Obama as saying, concerning the democratic transition in the US, that “there is enormous continuity beneath the day-to-day news that makes us that indispensable nation when it comes to maintaining order and promoting prosperity throughout the world. That will continue.” Concerns have been expressed about deportations and remigration to TT and the Caribbean following the victory of President-elect Donald Trump who, on the campaign trail, promised to deport undocumented migrants in the US to their countries of origin.

More recently, however, Trump said there were some two to three million migrants with criminal records who he will target immediately for deportation.