Another Government Waste Program

U.S. to spend $6 million flying illegal immigrants back to Mexico

August 26, 9:52 AM
Mesa Independent ExaminerChristina Wijfjes-Smit

Daniel Gonzalez, of the Arizona Republic, reported yesterday that this summer the United States will spend $6 million flying illegal immigrants, caught at the border, back to Mexico. During the summer months, heat and exposure claim the lives of hundreds of illegal immigrants. The Repatriation Program was designed, six years ago, to reduce that number.

Last year the Repatriation Program cost the United States $13.5 million and no the Mexican government does not contribute. The effectiveness of this program is in question by some humanitarian groups that track migrant deaths. Geoffrey Boyce of the Tucson based, No More Deaths said, “If it has an effect at all, it's marginal.â€