By the order of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Polish embassies and diplomats are ready to help our citizens. If Donald Trump orders mass deportations of people staying in the US illegally, it could also affect Poles. “Chicago authorities have banned police and city services from asking about immigration status,” assures Lukasz Dudka, head of the largest Polish newspaper in the US.
“We will stop all illegal entry into our country and begin the process of returning millions of illegal criminals back to where they came from,” President Donald Trump said.
The new administration has not explained exactly who and what Donald Trump is referring to. Our authorities are preparing for the possible return of compatriots to the country.
Consular offices will be on extra duty and the Minister of Foreign Affairs will advise you to get a passport if someone’s document expires.
– Back home, there’s really a lot to do and great things to experience. Poland is one of the best places on earth, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Chicago authorities protect immigrants
Lukasz Dudka, the editor-in-chief of the largest Polish newspaper in the US – “Dziennik Zpovedzkowy” – assures that Chicago, the city to which Poles have willingly immigrated, is and will remain peaceful. Local authorities are reaching out to federal authorities.
– City officials banned police and city services from asking for immigration status. Chicago police have no right to ask anyone about their immigration status. (…) The city even published a brochure of several pages on how to prepare, Lukasz Dudka said.
– I don’t expect the strange return of Dreamliners full of Poles from the USA who will be deported overnight. This does not happen, – explained prof. Przemysław Osiewicz, political scientist at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
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Robert Chovaniek, like almost everyone in Podhale, has family in the United States. My sister is legally there. – You can read from this statement of the new president (…) that this is undoubtedly related to the Mexican-American border, – he said.
But expressing support won’t motivate anyone, and assuming that a group other than Poles has a problem won’t help if there’s a mess of documents – warns immigration lawyer Krzysztof Kurczaba, former president of the Polish American Congress in Illinois. .
This can be an impetus to resolve unresolved issues – such as your status.
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