Why A Growing Number Of Undocumented Immigrants Are Choosing To Leave The U.S. Voluntarily
By CHRISTINE DIMATTEI • JUL 22, 2019
Over a week ago, immigrant communities in ten major metro areas nationwide - including South Florida - spent days in fear after the Trump administration announced a plan to hold mass roundups of undocumented immigrants. Those raids never materialized.
For many undocumented families, the prospect of being deported to their country of origin is one of their worst nightmares. But a recent study by non-partisan news outlet The Marshall Project shows that more immigrants are giving up legal fights and the threat of arrest and detention and leaving the United States voluntarily.
It's called "voluntary departure," and it allows a non-citizen to depart the United States by a certain date without an order of removal (deportation) on his or her record. The individual would leave at his or her own expense, within a set period of time -- typically up to 120 days.
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