Who's idea was this? The only time they will turn themselves in is when they need a free ride to go visit family. Perhaps if they see the raid coming they'll run out there and make a deal for turning themselves in.
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Rather than risk getting caught, turn yourselves in.
That's the latest government strategy in its ongoing effort to dramatically reduce the nation's ballooning population of illegal immigrants.
Scheduled to be unveiled next week, it was announced Sunday by Julie Myers, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in an interview with a Spanish-language television network.
Myers told the network that "Operation Scheduled Departure" will allow illegal immigrants without criminal records a chance to literally "self-deport" by turning themselves in to her agents.
She said the idea derived from a common complaint voiced by immigrant detainees: If given the opportunity, they'd rather just go home than be holed up in immigration prisons.
Under the new program, those still walking free will have the chance to walk into ICE offices, be processed and get a few weeks to arrange their affairs, pack their belongings and ship out of the country without being detained.