An anti-immigration group is calling on the Obama administration to ensure a smooth exit for illegal immigrants who are trying to leave the U.S. due to the weak economy and Arizona’s strict new immigration law.
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is urging U.S. citizens to pressure the White House and the Homeland Security Department to establish “safe departure” border checkpoints along the U.S. border for illegal immigrants so they can leave without fear of being detained or prosecuted for immigration crimes…
Makes sense – voluntarily turn yourself in at the border, and out you go with no questions asked. The only problem I can see is if a violent offender on the lam tried to take advantage of such a program. We should have protections against that – but other than violent offenders, anyone who wants to self-deport should be afforded all possible conveniences – we can even help defray travel expenses as that will still be a lot cheaper than either having them stay or arresting them in the interior.
Such a program would probably induce several million to head home. The economy here isn’t in very good shape and its highly likely that illegals have borne a large measure of things such as the home building crash. It might be that a large number are willing to head back home but both lack the means and have the fear of getting tangled up in America’s immigration laws.
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