U.S. Deportation Program Angers Mexicans

[Ithaca 37]

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - U.S. officials say a program to deport Mexican migrants hundreds of miles from where they crossed the border reduces illegal immigration attempts — but Mexican authorities complain it is sending a tidal wave of deportees into border towns.

Most of the immigrants are caught in the deserts of Arizona, then put on planes by the U.S. Border Patrol and sent to the better-guarded border in Texas. The U.S. authorities say the practice cuts migrants' links to smuggling networks in Arizona.


The pilot program has caused anger on the Mexican side, where town officials say they are ill-equipped for the influx of deportees.


"We don't like Juarez being used as a point for massive deportations," city spokesman Ricardo Chavez said. "The city is not prepared to deal with this, and there is already a shortage of jobs here. It's a bad situation. People are sleeping in parks and under bridges."


The program has created a class of unwanted people, ejected from the U.S. side of the border to the Mexican cities of Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros. Once they are in Mexico, city officials often hustle the migrants aboard public buses, give them a free meal and rush them to the nearest terminal with a bus ticket out of town.


"They shouldn't deport us so far away, in places where we don't know anybody," said Cesar Pinacho, 26, a cannery worker who has slept in a Ciudad Juarez park and the yard of a nearby house since he was deported several days ago..................

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[cjcj]

They should fly them to south america and makem jump out over "the jungle!"

 

[cjcj]

It is a good story though, i like the part where the dumb ass "illegal" say`s they treat us like criminal`s! [they have just committed a FELONY! ] what doeas he think they are? and the part where the mexican gov`t complains that they are sleeping in the parks and under bridges, what does he think they do over here! this shit is so bad these illegal ignorant assholes think they have rights about how and where they should be deported! thank`s Ithaca good post.

 

[Nut]

Since some states charge the "lost" for search and rescue operations,maybe the feds should charge the Mexican government for the cost of these operations to catch them and send them back?

 

[cjcj]

Very good point Nut,but they tried that in Az, but the mexican gov`t said it was our fault for our immigration policy.

 

[ELKCHSR]

LOL!!!
Then they have no foot to stand on, they don't want to deal with our costs of some thing they created, so they can deal with what ever our solution is!!!!

 

[Calif. Hunter]

This would be great if they would take the illegals from California and deport in Texas! Course, we could send them to Cuba...

 

[Ithaca 37]

A big earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale has
> > hit Mexico.
> >
> > Two million Mexicans have died and over a million are injured. The
> > country is totally ruined and the government doesn't know where to
> > start with providing help to rebuild. The rest of the world is in
> > shock.
> >
> > Canada is sending troopers to help the Mexican army control the
> > riots.
> >
> > The European community (except France) is sending food and money.
> >
> > The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million
replacement
> > Mexicans.
> >
> > God Bless America!

 

[danr55]

You guys are a bunch of hard asses.... How about a compromise... ??? We'll split it 50-50....We the US, will fly them back hlaf way then let them out of the plane. If Mexico wants them, they can catch them in mid air and fly them the rest of the way.... Sound Fair??

:Lcool:

 

[ELKCHSR]