Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens the Irish embassy in the USA is aware of having being deported from the USA for each of the past ten years for being illegally present there. [8416/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The breakdown of deportation figures on an annual basis, on the basis of data provided by the US Department of Homeland Security, is as follows:

Citizens in the non-criminal category are usually visa overstays, and come to the attention of the American authorities through minor misdemeanours such as traffic offences. Subsequently their residency status becomes apparent to the authorities. In this regard, there is no evidence of any particular targeting of the Irish undocumented in the US.

The US Department of Homeland Security was not in a position to provide figures for 1999 at the time of our request. I should also like to emphasise that the Embassy and the Consulates in the United States provide consular assistance and support to all Irish citizens, including those threatened with or awaiting deportation, who request such assistance.