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.
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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!
“former leader of a student uprising’’.
The little sob is a Sandanista. Adios, puto.
Hey, AP. How could someone in the country legally (so you say...) self-deport, and why would they?
Happened last time also.
if they are legal
its not a deportation
self or otherwise
its just traveling
ap distorting the language to suit their lies
Music to my ears!
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.
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.
Good. GTFO!
But you may be right since it is an AP sob story.
Will they be wearing mass-produced T-shirts in English, stating “Goodbye Trump!”?
Obama better watch out, since he’s an illegal alien.
Winning. Bigly.
Great. Just 70 million more to go!
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.
Some isnt enough, hoping it becomes a stampede for the border exit.
OK, that’s funny.
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.
Good and hard.
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