Process of being deported back to Türkiye
Looking for insight from anyone familiar with ICE removals/deportations to Turkey specifically.
My partner is currently detained in New Hampshire. He has a valid Turkish passport, is seeing his immigration judge today, and plans to withdraw his asylum case, accept removal, and likely waive appeal because his priority is getting back to Turkey as quickly as possible.
There is also a pending criminal case, but he never actually got to appear before the judge because he was detained at the courthouse, so there is currently a failure-to-appear warrant tied to that situation. Currently working with a lawyer to try and resolve that
I’ve been trying to research deportation timelines to Turkey and can barely find any information compared to higher-volume countries. Since removals to Turkey seem relatively uncommon, I’m wondering whether people in this situation are more likely to:
- wait for an ICE charter flight,
- be transferred multiple times first,
- or eventually be put on a commercial flight with escorts.
Especially considering:
- he’s not fighting removal,
- he has valid travel documents, and is fully cooperative.
I also physically have his Turkish passport if that matters for logistics/timeline purposes.
If anyone has personal experience, attorney experience, or has gone through something similar with a loved one, I’d really appreciate any insight into:
- likely timelines,
- transfer patterns,
- charter vs commercial flights, or whether waiving appeal actually sped things up in practice.
Thanks in advance