Home Actuality Even at the risk of being deported, Bolsonaro does not want to return to Brazil: he fears being arrested

Even at the risk of being deported, Bolsonaro does not want to return to Brazil: he fears being arrested

The problem is that Bolsonaro, with his visa expired, needs to leave the US and runs the risk of even being deported if he does not immediately regularize his immigration status. President Joe Biden has already shown that he will not move a feather to prevent the former Brazilian president from being kicked out of there. The then president went to Orlando on December 30 with a diplomatic passport used by heads of state, flying on a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane. The document, however, lost its validity when Bolsonaro ceased to be president, on January 1st. “If someone enters the U.S. on a diplomatic visa but is no longer on official business representing their government, that person must leave U.S. territory or request a change of migrant status within 30 days,” said the Department’s spokesperson. of North American State, Ned Price, at the beginning of the month, also highlighting the possibility of “removal” for those who are illegally on the ground in that country. International Law professor Carolina Claro, from the Institute of International Relations at UnB, sees a direct message for Brazilians. “If the former president does not obtain immigration regularization, he is subject to deportation, which is the compulsory withdrawal from US territory”, she explains. Itamaraty sources confirm the legal possibility that Bolsonaro will be denied permanence in the US, as the Biden government has been pressured against the former president’s presence on American soil.

Read more in Istoé

Contact Us

Generalist media, focusing on the relationship between Portuguese-speaking countries and China.

Plataforma Studio

Newsletter

Subscribe Plataforma Newsletter to keep up with everything!