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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement security contractor carries chains for Honduran immigration detainees before their deportation flight to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Thursday.
A security contractor hired by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), checks the mouth of a Honduran immigration detainee before a deportation flight to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Feb. 28, 2013, in Mesa, Ariz. ICE operates four to five flights per week from Mesa to Central America, deporting hundreds of undocumented immigrants detained in Western states of the U.S. With the possibility of federal budget sequestration, ICE released 303 immigration detainees in the past week from detention centers throughout Arizona. More than 2,000 immigration detainees remain in ICE custody in the state. Most detainees remain in custody for several weeks before they are deported to their home country, while others remain for longer periods while their immigration cases work through the courts. Read the full story.
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Immigrant detainees walk through the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on Thursday.
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It's always nice to see my tax dollars hard at work. Thank you
I can see how just keeping them in cells until they plead to go home might save us some money. Why throw away money already spent in apprehending these criminals. If you can't afford the gas to ship them home just ask, I'll gladly donate $25 a month.
Chains! We put these people in chains? These immigrants came here for a better life or to escape terrible conditions in their countries. We can at least treat them with dignity.
Chains?!! Damn RIGHT chains.
"deporting hundreds of undocumented immigrants"
Breaking the law, warrants penalties. Katharine.
Marcos Durazo is an illegal immigrant and said he spent four months in custody at the Eloy facility, The 62-year-old said he was released Saturday night. He called his sister from the bus station in downtown Tucson after being dropped off by ICE, "well I was asleep he woke me up. The phone rang I just answered it and he said hi this is Marco, I'm here in Tucson. I was really in shock," she recalled.
Durazo said he has been in the U.S. illegally for 20 years and has a criminal history that includes a DUI, drug possession, and disorderly conduct. He said he was deported once before.
In a statement Cargile said, "All of these individuals remain in removal proceedings. Priority for detention remains on serious criminal offenders and other individuals who pose a significant threat to public safety."
Durazo said he's scheduled to appear at a Tucson immigration office on March 5.
Katharine -
All I can think is that you either DID NOT READ the full article OR YOU, YOURSELF may be an undocumented ILLEGAL.
WHY ON EARTH? Should I or anyone else for that matter treat these people with what ????
Come here illegally - break the law- break the law, get deported, come here again illegally, break the law, and again, again, again, etc. etc. etc.....
AND YOU WANT WHAT KATHARINE? GET THEM THE F OUT -FOR GOOD.
I've got NO time for these people, let alone any extra money to support them. And you do?