Growing numbers of illegal aliens are planning to leave the United States rather than be deported by force.
According to a report from The Los Angeles Times, illegal aliens are increasingly exploring the possibility of leaving the U.S. on their own terms rather than face detention and deportation proceedings.
Others, meanwhile, have already done so.
The report states.
Three months in, it’s difficult to estimate how many people are making the grueling decision to leave the lives and families built here under more lenient enforcement policies to return to home countries that many have not seen for decades.
But even in liberal-leaning California, where undocumented immigrants enjoy greater access to social services than in many regions of the U.S., advocates say they are fielding more questions from people who fear being plucked up and deported and are considering leaving on their own terms.
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Luz Gallegos, executive director of TODEC Legal Center in the Inland Empire, said her staff members talk “daily” with folks who are considering leaving. Pummeled by the “constant attacks” on immigrants, she said, people are posing logistical questions: Can they take their cars? What happens to their kids’ education?
“What comes up a lot in the sessions is, ‘Prefiero irme con algo, que irme sin nada,’” Gallegos said. “I’d rather leave with something than leave with nothing.”
While there is a lack of data about how many illegal aliens have left the country, it is clear that the trend is in the right direction.
Earlier this month, it was reported that 5,000 people had chosen to self-deport via Customs and Border Patrol smartphone app.
“Self-deportation is safe,” a message on the app states. “Leave on your own terms by picking your departure flight.”
President Trump has made no secret of the fact that he would rather people leave the country voluntarily than being removed by force.
Just this week, Trump said he was willing to pay immigrants the cost of their flight and some expenses in order to return home.
“We’re going to give them a stipend,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy.
“We’re going to give them some money and a plane ticket, and then we’re going to work with them,” he continued.”
”If they’re good, if we want them back in, we’re going to work with them to get them back in as quickly as we can.”
