debut: 2/16/17
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T&T greencard holders, naturalised US citizens fear deportation
There is growing unease among Trinidad and Tobago nationals living in the United States during President Donald Trump’s second term, as many fear mass deportations.While one individual, T&T immigration activist Ravi Ragbir, received clemency from former President Joe Biden on his final day in office, Solange James—whose brother faced deportation during Trump’s first term—warns that no one is truly safe.During his inauguration address on January 20, Trump declared: “All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
He signed a series of executive orders to enforce this directive.But Solange and her brother Trevor’s experience during his first term (2017–2021) painted a different picture.The siblings grew up in San Fernando before migrating to the US, earning degrees, and building their lives. Trevor attended St Benedict’s College, Solange went to St Joseph’s Convent, and their younger brother attended Presentation College.They left for the US after completing secondary school.
Trevor pursued higher education in North Carolina, where he built a life. He is married, and his wife has two children who, at the time of his detention, were just four and two years old.He was working as a marketing executive at the Marriott Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained him on June 5, 2019. T&T nationals—particularly those in the Muslim community—to be extra cautious, as they could be targeted by ICE.He urged those eligible to apply for US citizenship, as soon as possible, and called on the T&T government to ensure that deportation laws are upheld correctly.
There is growing unease among Trinidad and Tobago nationals living in the United States during President Donald Trump’s second term, as many fear mass deportations.While one individual, T&T immigration activist Ravi Ragbir, received clemency from former President Joe Biden on his final day in office, Solange James—whose brother faced deportation during Trump’s first term—warns that no one is truly safe.During his inauguration address on January 20, Trump declared: “All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
He signed a series of executive orders to enforce this directive.But Solange and her brother Trevor’s experience during his first term (2017–2021) painted a different picture.The siblings grew up in San Fernando before migrating to the US, earning degrees, and building their lives. Trevor attended St Benedict’s College, Solange went to St Joseph’s Convent, and their younger brother attended Presentation College.They left for the US after completing secondary school.
Trevor pursued higher education in North Carolina, where he built a life. He is married, and his wife has two children who, at the time of his detention, were just four and two years old.He was working as a marketing executive at the Marriott Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained him on June 5, 2019. T&T nationals—particularly those in the Muslim community—to be extra cautious, as they could be targeted by ICE.He urged those eligible to apply for US citizenship, as soon as possible, and called on the T&T government to ensure that deportation laws are upheld correctly.
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