The Hill: Fearing Trump deportations, migrants start leaving US voluntarily

[NorthernHawkeye]

Fearing Trump deportations, migrants start leaving US voluntarily​

by Jorge Ventura 01/18/25 07:55 AM ET

Throughout the 2024 election cycle, President-elect Trump said he would carry out mass deportations once in office.

Some migrants are voluntarily choosing to leave the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

Immigration attorney Rolando Vasquez told NewsNation some of his clients who entered under the Biden administration are now choosing to return home, fearing deportation under the incoming administration.

It’s not just Trump’s deportation plans that have influenced these decisions.

Vazquez says Mexico is now open to accepting non-Mexican deportees. This move would affect Cuban and Venezuelan migrants the most since those countries typically do not accept deportation flights from the U.S. but may take them from Mexico.

“This is causing many migrants to leave on their own, knowing that they’re either going to be deported to their home country or be deported to Mexico,” Vazquez said. “The overwhelming majority of them do not want to be in Mexico.”

Sources in Mexico tell NewsNation it’s likely newly deported migrants will face exploitation, kidnapping or extortion from cartels and smugglers. As of right now, it’s unclear if Mexico has a plan to protect deported migrants.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5092435-donald-trump-deportations-migrants-leaving-usa/

 

[Chishawk1425]

Migrants > MAGAts

 

[Aardvark86]

The power of the sword of Damocles is not that it cuts but that it hangs.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

The power of the sword of Damocles is not that it cuts but that it hangs.

It's good to have leadership back.

 

[Chishawk1425]

It's good to have leadership back.

You're a simp

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

It's good to have leadership back.

Messaging is important.

It turns out that telling people to "surge to the border" and further telling everyone that enforcement and deportations will be curtailed, isn't a sound approach.

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

Fearing Trump deportations, migrants start leaving US voluntarily​

by Jorge Ventura 01/18/25 07:55 AM ET

Throughout the 2024 election cycle, President-elect Trump said he would carry out mass deportations once in office.

Some migrants are voluntarily choosing to leave the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

Immigration attorney Rolando Vasquez told NewsNation some of his clients who entered under the Biden administration are now choosing to return home, fearing deportation under the incoming administration.

It’s not just Trump’s deportation plans that have influenced these decisions.

Vazquez says Mexico is now open to accepting non-Mexican deportees. This move would affect Cuban and Venezuelan migrants the most since those countries typically do not accept deportation flights from the U.S. but may take them from Mexico.

“This is causing many migrants to leave on their own, knowing that they’re either going to be deported to their home country or be deported to Mexico,” Vazquez said. “The overwhelming majority of them do not want to be in Mexico.”

Sources in Mexico tell NewsNation it’s likely newly deported migrants will face exploitation, kidnapping or extortion from cartels and smugglers. As of right now, it’s unclear if Mexico has a plan to protect deported migrants.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5092435-donald-trump-deportations-migrants-leaving-usa/

No shit, huh?!! Don’t forget to pay your back taxes and bills on the way out the door….

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

You're a simp

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What time did you pass out last night, little man? 🍺🍺

 

[Huey Grey]

Messaging is important.

It turns out that telling people to "surge to the border" and further telling everyone that enforcement and deportations will be curtailed, isn't a sound approach.

Um, Republicans spent everyday of the last four years telling everyone the border was wide open.

 

[win1forthe]

Trump used immigration to feed his narcissism.

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

Um, Republicans spent everyday of the last four years telling everyone the border was wide open.

Only because it was, Einstein 🤡

 

[lonestar50]

The one source in the article is a sleezy lawyer who is a Mar-a-Lago regular. Sure I'll take his word as the gospel truth

 

[HawkMachine]

Um, Republicans spent everyday of the last four years telling everyone the border was wide open.

So all these illegals got the idea from watching Fox News????

 

[Huey Grey]

So all these illegals got the idea from watching Fox News????

Re bear responsibility too. You can tell everyone that the US borders are wide open with zero repercussions for years then claim innocence when they get flooded.

 

[seminole97]

Re bear responsibility too. You can tell everyone that the US borders are wide open with zero repercussions for years then claim innocence when they get flooded.

Yes, the fault obviously lies not with the policy of allowing in anyone that shows up, the problem is that someone spoke out against this policy. Otherwise, no one would have even known, right?

That's a great argument. If democracy hadn't died it would have certainly won the next election.