Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PORTAUPRINCE1361
2006-07-27 17:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:  

ASSISTANCE OF ICE OFFICERS TO U.S. EMBASSY,

Tags:  PINR SMIG HA 
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UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001361 

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SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR SMIG HA
SUBJECT: ASSISTANCE OF ICE OFFICERS TO U.S. EMBASSY,
PORT-AU-PRINCE

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001361

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR SMIG HA
SUBJECT: ASSISTANCE OF ICE OFFICERS TO U.S. EMBASSY,
PORT-AU-PRINCE


1. The U.S. Embassy in Haiti wishes to express its
appreciation to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
office in Miami for its assistance in locating and
interviewing a member of the Haitian Coast Guard who failed
to return from training earlier this month.


2. Haitian Coast Guard Agent Malachie Lindor attended
training in Texas and California; she missed her flight from
Miami to Port-au-Prince on July 5th and joined her husband in
Miami. When confronted by ICE agents, they both produced
documentation of approved asylum requests based on her
husband's application granted last year. Agent Lindor failed
to provide this information during the screening for her
training this past spring. ICE agents were able to verify
the legitimacy of the documentation and held both Haitian
citizens for as long as feasible while their status was
verified.


3. ICE Agent Sanchez was very professional in both his
research and communications with the U.S. Embassy in Haiti,
which allowed us to provide factual and timely information to
Haitian Government officials while they pursued their
options. Obviously, their preference was for the return of
their agent and the property that she possesses, but the
information provided to us by the ICE agents in Miami
assisted us in helping the Haitian Government decide the most
feasible option. It was a pleasure to work with the agents
of the Miami ICE office, even if the circumstances were less
than desirable.
SANDERSON