Another group — fewer than 10 people, officials said — was deported shortly after the data leak but before those migrants were notified. The agency is willing to help those deportees who wish to return to the U.S. and seek asylum, officials added. Human Rights First notified ICE officials about the mistake, and the agency quickly deleted the data. ICE officials will allow some immigrants affected by the data disclosure to seek asylum even if they would not normally have been eligible. None of the 103 Cubans have been removed, and ICE officials said that about 90 have been released from U.S. custody as of early January, agency officials said this week.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2023 03:29 UTC