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Archive for August 6, 2008
NO WAITING IN LINES FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SELF-DEPORT
August 6, 2008 by Bradley Maged.
Still no official news stories on the ICE sweep in Massachusetts…seems strange.
According to an AP article quoted on latimesblog.com regarding ICE’s self-deportation program, known as Scheduled Departure: “… by Tuesday afternoon, only one person — in Phoenix — took the offer, according to an ICE official who spoke on condition of anonymity because not all the numbers are in. Officials in the other cities said they had no takers by midafternoon.”
Although free airfare may be an attractive offer for those who want to go home but cannot afford to, I doubt the lack of funds to buy one-way airline tickets is the reason the undocumented remain in the US even after being ordered removed. There are no restrictions on leaving the US, so other than a possible free ticket home for non-Mexicans who ICE determines cannot pay the fare, it is hard to comprehend what incentive anyone would have to accept this offer.
If and when the statistics come out on who participated in this “program”, I will post them here.
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ICE IMMIGRATION SWEEP IN MASSACHUSETTS
August 6, 2008 by Bradley Maged.
It looks like an ICE immigration sweep is occurring in Massachusetts as I write this, may be ongoing (for a few days) and is focusing on individuals with criminal records regardless of their immigration status. It is estimated that 100 people have been apprehended to date.
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