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Some immigrants are already leaving the US in ‘self-deportations’ as Trump’s threats loom
AP News ^ | 01/16/2025 | AP News

Posted on 01/16/2025 10:15:36 AM PST by Pol-92064

apnews.com Some immigrants are already leaving the US in 'self-deportations' as Trump's threats loom By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started.

A former leader of a Nicaraguan student uprising, Bérrios had been in the U.S. legally, with nearly a year remaining under President Joe Biden’s unprecedented use of humanitarian parole authority for citizens of certain vulnerable countries. But harsh talk during the U.S. election campaign filled her with anxious memories of hiding from authorities back home.

Advocates and immigration experts who have noticed such departures say Bérrios’ decision to leave the U.S., despite her legal status, shows how uncertainty and threats have led a growing number of people to leave before Trump takes office on Monday.

There isn’t data on these departures, but history has seen other eras of public backlash that drove migrants — with or without legal status — out.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adios; aliens; deportation; fleeing; gtfo; immigration; leaving
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The illegals are getting the message.
1 posted on 01/16/2025 10:15:36 AM PST by Pol-92064
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To: Pol-92064

They had a nice vacation. Maybe they got out of prison at home. Had a free trip to NY City. US Government and Biden paid for food and hotel for a while. Got to see Times Square, maybe picked up some extra cash by robbing Americans.

Vacation is over - time to leave!


2 posted on 01/16/2025 10:18:48 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Pol-92064

“former leader of a student uprising’’.

The little sob is a Sandanista. Adios, puto.


3 posted on 01/16/2025 10:21:41 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Pol-92064

Hey, AP. How could someone in the country legally (so you say...) self-deport, and why would they?


4 posted on 01/16/2025 10:21:47 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Pol-92064

Happened last time also.


5 posted on 01/16/2025 10:22:48 AM PST by Red6
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To: Pol-92064

if they are legal

its not a deportation

self or otherwise

its just traveling

ap distorting the language to suit their lies


6 posted on 01/16/2025 10:25:42 AM PST by joshua c
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To: Pol-92064

Music to my ears!


7 posted on 01/16/2025 10:26:04 AM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Pol-92064

I live in constant fear that Donald Trump will deport my undocumented Latina mother in law whoo lives at 1837 3rd St., LA 90023, blue house, she gets off work at 6.


8 posted on 01/16/2025 10:30:54 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: Pol-92064

Or maybe she sees that Nicaragua has a future now and wants to use her skillset acquired in the USA to help overthrow the corrupt leftist regime in power.


9 posted on 01/16/2025 10:31:52 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Pol-92064

Good. GTFO!


10 posted on 01/16/2025 10:34:30 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: jmacusa
The Sandanistas are still in charge.

But you may be right since it is an AP sob story.

11 posted on 01/16/2025 10:34:46 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Pol-92064

Will they be wearing mass-produced T-shirts in English, stating “Goodbye Trump!”?


12 posted on 01/16/2025 10:53:23 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Pol-92064

Obama better watch out, since he’s an illegal alien.


13 posted on 01/16/2025 11:08:44 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Pol-92064

Winning. Bigly.


14 posted on 01/16/2025 11:11:30 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: Pol-92064

Great. Just 70 million more to go!


15 posted on 01/16/2025 11:12:26 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Pol-92064

Just turn off their EBT cards and any other freebies and offer them an airplane ticket to their country of origin.

They’ll know what to do.


16 posted on 01/16/2025 11:19:26 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Pol-92064

Some isnt enough, hoping it becomes a stampede for the border exit.


17 posted on 01/16/2025 11:23:15 AM PST by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: desertsolitaire

OK, that’s funny.


18 posted on 01/16/2025 11:32:32 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Pol-92064

What Biden should have done & what Trump could do now is come up with a long list of conditions for the Illegal Aliens where over 80% would meet it in that they get pardoned in 30, 60, or 90 days from now for being in the USA illegally (and working illegally for the 30 days before the pardon date). That way if they self-deport by the deadline (and don’t work 30+ days before the deadline) they can apply for a new Visa and if they have a legit qualification for entry they can come back without having this hanging over them. The #1 reason why so many people here illegally stay here illegally is because they feel trapped in that they don’t think there is hope they could ever come back & they don’t want to close that door. Most illegals would like to visit their home countries and they view here as their new home. This pardon would not let them get away with not paying back taxes (with penalties/interest) or other penalties/fines on any other laws they broke. What it would do is greatly reduce the number of deportations that would be needed and it would save taxpayers tons of money. If they overstay beyond their pardon date then the pardon was meaningless.


19 posted on 01/16/2025 11:38:58 AM PST by Degaston
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To: Pol-92064

Good and hard.


20 posted on 01/16/2025 12:02:21 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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