U.S. scraps self-deportation program

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calif. - The federal government will scrap a program for illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for deportation after only eight people volunteered during a nearly three-week trial, an official said Thursday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered the pilot program in five cities, giving illegal immigrants facing court orders to leave the country 90 days to plan their departure and coordinate travel with relatives instead of facing the prospect of being arrested, detained and deported.

... Immigrant advocates said the program had few incentives and failed to consider undocumented immigrants' ties to family in the U.S. They said they worry that ICE will cite the weak turnout as a reason to step up the raids, since it now can say that it made an effort to enforce the law in a way that was less disruptive to illegal immigrants and their families.

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[YvonneCa]

1. That federal government...

...they are SO funny! :7 What WERE they thinking???

[cliffordu]

2. Aw, man......

:rofl:

[Sultana]

3. Oh wow

The Federal Gov't is that stupid :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


also, lol at 8 who volunteered themselves....

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

4. I can't imagine why anyone would bother with this

Especially in California where getting back to Mexico isn't exactly difficult if you want to go home.

[InkAddict]

5. My, how ungracious of them. Why that's a whole lot more time

to re-arrange one's life than American companies give most laid off outsourced workers. Why just today, some recruiter was crying about the poor H1'B's that will have to go home because her account got sacked just after she fired off and got back everyone's offer letters and benefit papers.

Boohoo - round 'em up and head 'em out, a sort of Ellis Island in reverse.

[Fedja]

6. Genious

Next up, Self Imprisonment program?

[liberal N proud]

7. They actually expected people to turn themselves in?

:wtf: ICE said it hatched the plan to quell criticism of the surge in immigration raids:rofl:

[Gman]

8. They may be illlegal

but they're not stupid people.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Shit. I was gonna turn myself in

for deportation back to Denmark.

[Fedja]

10. Hmm

I'm pretty sure you can go there and claim political asylum on account of human rights violations.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Yea, but I figured I could get the US to pay for the trip.

[Robb]

12. Bingo

Eight people headed back anyway. :D

[Cronus Protagonist]

13. I tried that two decades ago and the INS laughed at me

hah! No kidding too :P My ticket expired and I couldn't afford the ticket back to Scotland, so I called them up and told them I would either have to work for the ticket money illegally or they could deport me. Instead, they laughed at me. lol :P