Posted on 11/20/2020 3:27:43 AM PST by caww
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Thursday that it has arrested illegal immigrants who are in breach of their promise to voluntarily leave the country after opting against a normal deportation.
ICE Acting Director Tony Pham announced that “Operation Broken Promise,” a 21-day targeted enforcement operation, has since Nov. 2 resulted in the arrest of 154 people who were granted voluntary departure but still haven’t left the country after the agreed time. He said that 133, or 86 percent of those arrested, had criminal convictions or pending charges.
“Aliens who are in the country illegally receive due process of law once placed in immigration removal proceedings. Aliens in removal proceedings will have their case reviewed by an immigration judge. During that process, the alien has an opportunity to request an order allowing them to leave the country,” Pham explained.
The individual is then given about 60-120 days to leave the country instead of being formally deported and face barriers to reentering, such as a 5- or 10-year ban to return to the United States. Voluntary departures lowers the costs associated with deportations and thereby benefits U.S. taxpayers.
“Unfortunately, despite receiving the privilege of due process and giving their sworn promise to depart the United States, thousands of aliens are taking advantage of this pathway in our legal system by failing to honor their commitment to depart and continuing to exploit our judicial system and immigration processes,” he said.
When an illegal immigrant continues to remain despite having promised to leave, are subject to a final removal order and face a formal deportation by ICE. Should these individuals then re-enter illegally and get caught, it amounts to a felony punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment.
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Didn’t self deport. That’s odd. </s>
Only 29,999,846 to go.
17,568,912 to go....
500,000 Indian illegals to be granted legal status by a Hiden/Ho executive order. How in the hell is that legal?
Rolling amnesties will be next. People will get here and just wait for the next amnesty. I follow a site called Quora. It seems to be dominated by Indians. One of the main topics is how to get into the USA and then how to stay here.
You mean they said they were going to leave but they didn’t? I’m shocked! People who entered the US illegally actually continued to stay here illegally even though they were not supposed to do that? Wow! Maybe next time we should have them pinky swear or cross their heart when they promise to self deport.
(I’m not putting any tags; if anyone can’t understand that this was sarcasm, they should seek professional help)
Once the left defunds the police, I bet they start asking murderers, thieves, and rapists to self incarcerate too. Wonder how well that will work.
It’s legal because they say it is and no one is going to stop them.
How can they be ‘immigrants’ when they’re being deported? Aliens is the correct term.
And yet 30 million still remain.
Change that first digit from a 2 to a 5 & you will be more accurate.
Why would that be odd? The article explains the process and the option they have. ..also the consequences when they don’t.
Agreed, 59,999,846 to go. And we need to fix brithright citizenship as those people are popping out babies as fast as they can to burrow themselves in to stay. Should rescind all citizenship to illegal alien parents, send them all home.
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