The NY Times thinks they have something her, that this is Bad, but, really, this is awesome
Florida Is Buying Plane Tickets for Unauthorized Immigrants to Self-Deport
Florida has started to pay for plane tickets for certain unauthorized immigrants to self-deport, officials said this week, in what appears to be the first such program run in part by a state.
Unauthorized immigrants who are in custody and have no prior felony convictions may be offered direct commercial flights to return to their home countries as part of the program, which is a collaboration between the Florida Highway Patrol and the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector.
The program is underway in law enforcement stations in West Palm Beach and Dania Beach, south of Fort Lauderdale, Madison Kessler, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, said in a statement. The Border Patrol also confirmed in that the program is in effect.
On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that unauthorized immigrants could avoid being taken to the state-run detention center in the Florida Everglades named “Alligator Alcatraz” if they chose to self-deport. “We do have options for you to short-circuit that whole process if you’re here illegally,” he said.
This obviously has made the pro-illegal alien crowd upset
Nayna Gupta, the policy director for the American Immigration Council in Washington, said that Florida’s “coercive offer of money to a flight to safety” so as to avoid the harsh conditions reported at the Everglades detention center might be pushing noncitizens “to give up their fundamental, constitutional, Fifth Amendment right to due process.”
If all they did was enter illegally, well, as the Dems like to say, it’s just a civil offense, hence, no need for a lawyer or anything. The penalty per law is a small fine and deportation.
“There is no clear authority for the State of Florida to interfere in federal immigration enforcement in this manner,” she said.
Same people say it’s perfectly OK for state, county, and local governments to help illegals avoid federal law enforcement and federal laws.
Lol
There are about 600000 migrants in FL
Mr Teach, in your opinion how many may apply for these free tickets?
Is this theater to entertain ?
No,Johnny boy-it’s simply stating a fact.
Jl
How much significance do you put on this “fact” or more accurately factoid
I think personally of low significance
Just theater.
In fact, Kabuki thester
Johnny-hairy-smith…if you can show the article is false, by all means do so.
We’ll wait…
Since Donald J. Trump and his lunatic advisors think its a good idea to play Nuclear Brinkmanship with a lunatic Dictator in RUSSIA who has MORE NUKES than we do….If I could self-deport I would be outta here too.
Anywhere that does not have a nuclear target in Russia’s reticle is calling loud right about now.
Donald J. Trump has NO cards left to play with RUSSIA which makes him look like a school yard bully with Russia. His threats to small nations and friends on tariffs have worked and gone to his head. There is no 4D chess right here with Nuclear war as an option.
Russia just lost a good portion of their NUKE BOATS in the 8.8 earthquake just outside of their Pacific Nuke Base followed by over 300 aftershocks, some of which are particularly big. Aerial photographs show the base in quite a state of disrepair. This is not to mention the Volcanic eruption near their naval Yard in Kamchatka.
Let us not forget that Ukraine took out 1/3rd of Russia’s nuclear-capable aircraft a few months back, putting Russia on its heels. Now you have Donald J. Trump sending two ADDITIONAL BOATS in addition to the two or perhaps three that are already on station.
Moscow asked the USA where these boats are headed and the USA refused to answer. It is custom when an offensive weapon such as an Ohio Class Nuclear boat leaves dock for the USA or Russia to inform each other what location they will be working. IE the MED….not specific locations. The Pentagon refused to answer.
I am at a loss here, but Trump needs to stop with the red lines in the sand. Tariffs are one thing. Nuclear war is something on an entirely different plane, in another universe. This dispatch of two nuke boats make Trump look weaker than at any point in his entire 4.6 years of presidency. Backing a lunatic into a corner when THEY hold all the cards is a bluff that only a sane man would ponder. Not someone like Putin who is fighting internally for his own life to the point that using them rather than losing them is really option number one now.
Voluntary repatriation means that the illegals do not have a deportation order on their records, which makes it easier for them to apply for legal immigration to the US.
???? and I actually feel quite good about being called “Johnny boy”. Over 75 makes it a compliment, in fact if you really wanted to make me happy you could amend that to “Johnny college boy” classes resume Sept7
But first of my grants arrive Sept3
Because of CUNY low tuition 5k per year!) and elite status in SOROS COMMISSAR I actually get PAID 200$ per week to go to college. And this year I also have fed work study 1 day per week at 120$ for 6 hours. It will be mostly playing with the 6 puppies and 4 cats that are part of the lab work animals that are used by the Vet Tech AB students to learn x-ray and ultrasound techniques
Being a Johnny boy college student is popping (that is a word kids use today)