Operation Dream On
Pilot program over, raids back on as illegal aliens fail to deport themselves. Phoenix New Times:
About 1,700 fugitive illegal immigrants from the Phoenix area were eligible for a three-week voluntary deportation pilot program that’s ending today.
Only one turned himself in. A guy from Estonia.
Nationwide, a whopping total of eight people took advantage of the program. Only one was from Mexico, the country of origin for most illegal immigrants in the Valley.
The pilot program, “Operation Scheduled Departure,” was roundly criticized when it launched. An August 5 Arizona Republic article quotes two immigration lawyers who claim the program provided no real incentives to illegal immigrants who qualified. AnAssociated Press story making the rounds today makes similar claims:
The program was criticized for offering little incentive for illegal immigrants to step forward since they would be barred from returning to the United States for as long as a decade.
The fact is, though, the immigrants who qualified for the program have been ordered by an immigration judge to leave the country, and they’ve defied those orders.
They don’t need incentives at that point. They need a shove.
Topics: illegals
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 7:02 am on Saturday, August 23, 2008
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