Guatemala asks US to limit deportees on planes

BBC News ^ | April 6, 2020

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Guatemala has asked the US to limit the number of people it puts on planes for deportation to Central American countries to 25, down from 60 to 90.

Two people had to be taken to hospital after they tested positive for coronavirus upon getting off a deportation flight.

Guatemala says it is concerned deported migrants from the US - which has the highest number of cases in the world - will spread the virus to Guatemala.

Guatemala has had 70 confirmed cases.

In an attempt to prevent the virus from spreading throughout the country, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has banned travel between the different regions .

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[KC_Lion]

[rktman]

I’m sure we’ll get on that as soon as they reduce the number they ship north.

[Reily]

Ok put them on ships!

[Dogbert41]

They aren’t migrants. They are criminal invaders YOUR country sent here.

[alloysteel]

Attempt to migrate to US, get coronavirus. Our gift to those who try to jump the border, returned with interest.

[rktman]

Trespassers charged with B&E with criminal intent sounds right to me.

[Citizen Soldier]

Sorry but you should have prevented them from marching out of your country in droves to come here illegally. You have borders too.

[Lurkinanloomin]

We need to triple or quadruple the removal of illegal aliens.

[dainbramaged]

Lots of Guatemalans around here (Southern Puget Sound) clogging up our schools and doing yard work off the books or piecework for the shellfish farms.
Five feet tall with an IQ of 70 - rarely seen in stores and never in restaurants - they have their own shop in our business district that looks like a third world shack with peeling paint and is used mainly to send money home.

[IronJack]

Maybe Guatemala should consider limiting exports of its wretched refuse to our shores instead. Then we’d have far fewer to return to sender.

[hal ogen]

I agree. Use a trebuchet...it is cheaper by far.

[SuperLuminal]

15-foot rowboats... Can easily pack stack 20 invaders per boat...

Link, by 20-foot lines, 20-boats at a time together...

Tow them to within 2 miles of Guatemala's shore and turn'em loose on an incoming tide...