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It's most likely due to visa and immigration laws. When a vessel is docked in a port, they are able to disembark and operate under a special visa that lasts th
by notaustinpowers 2y ago
It's most likely due to visa and immigration laws.
When a vessel is docked in a port, they are able to disembark and operate under a special visa that lasts the duration of their vessel's stay, and they are required to leave with the vessel when it disembarks from the port. Since the vessel has left the port, their visas are no longer applicable and they would be arrested if they left the vessel.
- wodenokoto 2y agoWhich is what parent is asking: why can’t they just get deported?
- notaustinpowers 2y agoBecause even deportation has legal hoops you have to jump through. If they get deported, even willingly, what happens when they come back to American on another vessel? Their special visas to disembark while at port would most likely not be approved if they have a big "deported" note on it. On top of that, a lot of these workers are kept in exploitative working conditions and are owed thousands of dollars in backpay. Leaving the vessel to be willingly deported effectively negates any chance of actually being paid and can kill your career right then and there. I highly doubt that's a risk any of them are willing to take.
- superb_dev 2y agoI think op is asking why we can't just wave our hands here, legally. Obviously they don't have a valid visa, but these are extenuating circumstances. Just take them to an airport and send them home. If they're chaperoned the whole time, who really cares if they have a valid visa while traveling to the airport?