U.S., Mexico in talks to deport criminal immigrants deep into Mexico to cut down on repeat crossings

Jeremy Redmon, Mario Guevara and Curtis Compton
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 28, 2012

The United States and Mexico are negotiating plans to start deporting criminal illegal immigrants deep into Mexico rather than releasing them at the border, hoping to stop adding to the criminal chaos south of the border.

Some possible outcomes are fewer repeat illegal border crossings and fewer deportation flights originating from the United States, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.

Last fiscal year, the government spent $120.9 million deporting 182,655 people by plane.

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This article was posted: Monday, May 28, 2012 at 1:08 pm

Tags: domestic news

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