Aug 3, 2008 9:16 am US/Pacific
2 SoCal Cities Test 'Deport Yourself' Program
SANTA ANA - Santa Ana and San Diego will be two of four test cities for a federal "deport yourself" program where people already convicted of being in this nation illegally can avoid arrest by signing up to leave, in a test program announced by federal officials Sunday.
Persons who have already lost in immigration court, and who have outstanding final deportation orders that they have not obeyed, can avoid arrest through the program, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency said.
By some counts, as many as 572,000 people in the United States are considered "fugitive aliens" by ICE and face arrest and possible imprisonment if found by immigration agents, even if they are found while leaving the United States. Fugitive aliens are commonly arrested as they attempt walking out of the U.S. at the Tijuana pedestrian crossing.
People who register for "Operation Scheduled Departure" will be given 90 days to get their affairs in order and arrange to leave the U.S.
Those who request financial assistance for a ticket to a distant nation will receive it, and once they leave they are banned from returning to the U.S., even legally, for 20 years. Persons with criminal warrants will be arrested, however, as the program is not an amnesty program, officials said.
The program will be tested in the Santa Ana and San Diego offices in California, as well as Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C.
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