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| US deports 46% more Mexicans and Central Americans in 2008 |
| 2008-12-19 |
| The United States deported more than 154,000 Mexicans and Central Americans in the 2008 fiscal year, in a 46 percent rise on the previous year, an official statement said here Thursday. More than 212,000 were deported altogether, with almost three quarters from Mexico and Central America, according to the statement released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the border town of McAllen, Texas. Most -- 82,000 -- were Mexicans, many who had crossed their country's 2,000-mile (3170-kilometer) land border with the southern United States. The United States deported immigrants to 190 countries, and carried out more than 4,000 deportation flights, compared with almost 3,000 in the previous US fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30. The number of illegal immigrants has fallen drastically due to a string of measures including an expanding border fence -- currently 500-miles-long -- along the southern border, US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 At what cost Rbid? What's the cost per head of the deportation vs. training the US nonworkers for the same labor? Cancel the gravy train and the opportunity may dry up. Wait, that's crap. Sorry, unattended brain in effect. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2008-12-19 20:44 |
| #3 just started 20 years too late |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2008-12-19 18:59 |
| #2 Unfortunately, about 2 million new illegal immigrants arrived. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2008-12-19 18:55 |
| #1 It's a start.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 18:25 |