A list of people eligible for deportation from the United States has resurfaced this week as President Donald Trump implements strict new immigration policies.
There are more than 1.4 million people flagged on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s non-detained docket and had final orders of removal as of 24 November, 2024.
Originally published by Fox News in December, the list details the number of deportable non-US citizens from each country who had at the time not been detained. It does not give names.
The countries with the most citizens on the list are either in North or Central America and include Honduras with 261,651, Guatemala with 253,413, Mexico with 252,044, and El Salvador 203,822.
The list also includes 94,860 people from the Caribbean region, including eight from Montserrat, as detailed below:
- Antigua and Barbuda – 110
- Aruba – 2
- Bahamas – 426
- Barbados – 151
- British Virgin Islands – 5
- Cayman Islands – 2
- Cuba – 42,084
- Dominica – 104
- Dominican Republic – 12,699
- Grenada – 149
- Guadeloupe – 12
- Haiti – 32,363
- Jamaica – 5,120
- Montserrat – 8
- Netherlands Antilles – 6
- St Kitts and Nevis – 68
- St Lucia – 202
- St Vincent and the Grenadines – 127
- Trinidad and Tobago – 1,197
- Turks and Caicos Islands – 25
Alongside the list, the document from ICE said the immigration agency works to remove undocumented non-citizens from the US once they are subject to final orders of removal in a timely manner.
“The US government believes every country is obligated to accept the return of its citizens and nationals who are ineligible to remain in the United States,” it continues.
“Lack of cooperation from the foreign government delays and, in many cases, inhibits the removal process,” it said, adding it may lead to ICE classifying them as uncooperative or at-risk of non-compliance.
Those on the list can pursue a form of relief or protection from removal, which may include asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture.
If a noncitizen is granted any form of relief from removal, ICE is unable to effectuate the removal.
View the list in full here.
