Thread: Q-Voluntaries included in numbers?

Does anyone know if those ordered to voluntarily deport are included in the number of deportees each year?

There is no follow-up to see if they deported nor process to enforce it. If they are included in that number then we can conservatively say that the real number is only the ones who were escorted to departure.

In FY 2003 the Border Patrol located 931,557 deportable aliens, down from 955,310 in 2002, and from more than one million in each of the previous five years. The majority (882,012, or 94.7%) of the deportable aliens were from Mexico. Most of the Mexican aliens located (810,671) were identified as "seeking employment." (See Table 5.3.)

More than one million aliens were expelled from CBP field offices in 2003. (See Table 5.4.) The majority (887,115) were voluntary removals compared to 186,151 formal removals, including deportations and exclusions. Given the high volume of migrant traffic along the Southwest border, it was no surprise that the San Diego, California, and Phoenix, Arizona, offices had the greatest number of removals. The Phoenix field office processed 44% (395,757) of all voluntary departures and 17.5% (32,609) of all formal removals.

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If someone is given orders to voluntarily deport and they dont, why do they get to go back to court again when picked up again?

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