Thread: 2 SoCal Cities Test 'Deport Yourself' Program

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Aug 3, 2008 9:16 am
2 SoCal Cities Test 'Deport Yourself' Program
SANTA ANA Santa Ana and San Diego will be two of four test cities for a federal "deport yourself" program where people already convicted of being in this nation illegally can avoid arrest by signing up to leave, in a test program announced by federal officials Sunday.

Persons who have already lost in immigration court, and who have outstanding final deportation orders that they have not obeyed, can avoid arrest through the program, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency said.

By some counts, as many as 572,000 people in the United States are considered "fugitive aliens" by ICE and face arrest and possible imprisonment if found by immigration agents, even if they are found while leaving the United States. Fugitive aliens are commonly arrested as they attempt walking out of the U.S. at the Tijuana pedestrian crossing.

People who register for "Operation Scheduled Departure" will be given 90 days to get their affairs in order and arrange to leave the U.S. Those who request financial assistance for a ticket to a distant nation will receive it, and once they leave they are banned from returning to the U.S., even legally, for 20 years.

Persons with criminal warrants will be arrested, however, as the program is not an amnesty program, officials said.

The program will be tested in the Santa Ana and San Diego offices in California, as well as Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C.

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Why is it illegal immigration is the ONLY crime in the US that the authorities want to completely decriminalize? Would they do this for any other group of crimes or criminals?

They are doing this because they don't want the hassle of processing all these people. They don't want the hassle of fixing their own mistake.

The Feds and most local governments let illegals come and go as they please, so what is the difference?

Americans need the Feds and locals to be ACTIVELY pursuing illegals, their assets, anchor babies, etc.

I'm of the opinion that this Errrr "Program" is really only to take some pressure off Dubya and maybe get a little better news print for the Illegal or more favor in the courts . Them folks ain't leaving for a Cartel ran Mexico . Notice how that news the pass weeks has been so much better than just a month ago , as they where still begging and angry with Congress over the 1.4 BILLION in drug aid . Things are just as bad there just a little of it being reported . The Illegals aren't going home cause they don't have one now