Thread: Mexican Migrants Fly Home For Free

Mexican migrants fly home for free

The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY - Constantino Hernandez considered it a blessing when U.S. authorities arrested him after walking for two days in the harsh Arizona desert.
"I was rescued," said the 37-year-old Mexican migrant, who has been going to the United States illegally to work in restaurants since 1992.
Hernandez was one of 74 migrants who flew to the Mexican capital Monday under a U.S. summer program, now in its fourth year, that gives participants free transportation all the way to their hometowns instead of simply deporting them back across the border.
Washington touts the $15 million program as a way to reduce migrant deaths during the hot summer, but critics argue it does little to reduce total migration and only makes the journey harder and more expensive for those who participate.
Through the end of September, thousands will volunteer for the twice-daily charter flights between Tucson and Mexico City. From there, they hop buses to their hometowns, often in poor southern states such as Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guerrero.
Since the program was launched in 2004, after years of record-setting migrant deaths from exposure, more than 50,000 migrants have participated.
Southwestern desert temperatures can soar to more than 100 degrees in summer, and deporting migrants just across the border only encourages them to try again at the next opportunity, officials say.
Hernandez said he volunteered to get a free trip to rest and visit his family in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. In a couple of weeks, he said, he'll try his luck again in the desert.
"One has to go look for a better life," he said, "because we can't do that here."



http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/57041.php

Yeap He will be back....

What should happen is we deport them to the most southern part of Mexico not to their home town...
Let the Mexican Government deal with all the people that are now milling around with no $$$... That might get their attention... But on the other hand our President cares more for illegals them he cares for our Troops. ...

BTW This is what Mike Chertoff was talking about when he said "Catch and Release is Over".. How do you like them apples ?????

People ask me what I am Seeing Red.....

Chertoff's (or better known as the human skull :P) cushy position should be over!

"One has to go look for a better life," he said, "because we can't do that here."

Make they're time, if caught, with the authorities as miserable as possible then put them in a plane, give them a parachute and push 'em out the door at 30,000 feet over southern Mexico would likely disencourage a return visit.

I'm sorry, but this is sheer b.s. Remind me again just why in the hell we are giving free air travel to criminals....who fully intend to break the law again......when American families who have suffered a loss, or other family emergency, many times cannot even afford to fly to where they are needed?

And where is Mexico's responsibility in paying for this?

I sent a copy of the article to Chertoff. The only email address I could find for him was through the White House. Let's email it to our respective senators as well.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/chertoff-bio.html

Originally Posted by Nouveauxpoor

I sent a copy of the article to Chertoff. The only email address I could find for him was through the White House. Let's email it to our respective senators as well.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/chertoff-bio.html

Here's a direct link to send e-mail to Homeland Security. Just address it th Secretary Chertoff:

http://contact.dhs.gov/Default.aspx

Another freebie for the illegals, but NOT free to US taxpayers.

I would like to visit Mexico City. Does this mean I could just hide my passport, pay for a one way ticket from Mexico to the United States and get a free flight to Mexico City by stating I'm Illegal? Will my luggage give me away?