Illegal Immigrants So Afraid Of Trump’s ICE They Are Now Doing Something Liberals Call Crazy
Fear of living in the shadows is one of the biggest reasons illegals self-deport.
Now that President Trump has signed executive orders ending Obama’s catch and release methods, immigrants living illegally in the shadows are so terrified of La migra they are packing their bags and going home.
Ever since he entered the race, Trump declared illegal immigration a top priority for his administration. Incoming advisers, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, have called for much tougher enforcement which has traditionally been known to lead illegals to leave the country voluntarily or “self-deport.”
Detentions are already up over 38 percent since last year but round-ups, raids, and general enforcement of immigration laws are only one part of what makes illegals consider returning to their home country.

Instructions provided by the ACLU for what to do if ICE knocks on your door.
The biggest attraction for coming here illegally in the first place is to find work. Taking away the opportunity for a job takes away that reason to be here. During Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign he declared “The answer is self-deportation. Which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can’t find work here because they don’t have legal documentation to allow them to work here.”

Manufacturing jobs in Mexico pay less than $4.00/hr
Mexican wages average about 10 percent of American ones, making jobs the main reason people come here illegally and the inability to find work one of the primary reasons to return home.

After SB 1070 went into effect, Arizona Schools had a $50,000,000 budget surplus
E-verify, a program implemented to check migrant’s status, was so successful that in 2008 when Arizona made ID checks mandatory, the Mexican state of Sonora sent a delegation to complain about the huge number of returning workers. Arizona’s public school system posted a surplus of fifty million dollars that year.
Another big reason to self-deport is the constant need to keep looking over your shoulder. Paula Flores of Colorado relates that “the fear of discovery never goes away.”
Flores did not want her child to grow up as an illegal like she did. Without a social security number, she was unable to attend college. After returning to Mexico for a visit, she was detained at the border and eventually deported. Flores crossed back to the U.S. on foot by blending in with American tourists and went back to living comfortably in LA. Her biggest fear though was the lack of valid ID. Consular Identification Cards are an instant give away the holder is probably illegal.

Fear of police checkpoints is a common motivator for self-deportation.
The fear of police checkpoints, denied raises or overtime at work, and fear of reporting car accidents, took a toll emotionally. “It’s like, you’re living a happy life,” Flores said. “But at the same time, you’re not able to get out of that bubble. You’re just there, trapped.”
After her voluntary return to Mexico in 2009, she found a stable job with an American company and bought a house with her husband and son. She hopes to return again legally.
The idea is not new. California voters approved Prop. 187 in 1994 denying state services. Arizona passed SB 1070 in 2010, called one of the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration proposals ever passed.

Arizona’s controversial bill SB 1070 called one of the toughest ever.
Under SB 1070 an alien here without immigration documents is committing a crime, and police can detain somebody with “reasonable suspicion” they are in the country illegally.
After immigrant rights groups waged a fierce battle against the law, a settlement announced last September with the National Immigration Law Center blocked the only remaining effective provision six years after SB 1070’s passage.
For a few years after SB 1070 was enacted, while challenges were still working their way through the courts, self-deportation substantially increased. In 2012, with the law not even in full effect yet, Peter O’Dowd, news director at KJZZ in Phoenix, described how well self-deportation had already started working.
“The Department of Homeland Security shows the unauthorized population in Arizona has fallen by about 100,000 since 2009, and supporters of the bill say this is clear evidence that 1070 has worked and worked well.”
Leaving voluntarily can be a good idea in some cases. For example, it can give someone a chance to return legally. A person living here illegally but not facing criminal charges is eligible for voluntary departure as long as they have not had an Order of Removal issued. Once there is an Order of Removal the person is not allowed re-entry for at least five years. A voluntary departure is even an option for those facing an immigration hearing. If such a request is granted, DHS will allow up to 120 days to prepare for the move.
Tougher enforcement is already underway. With more and more businesses using e-verify, jobs for illegals are becoming scarce. A job can still be found but unless you want to work in landscaping, housekeeping, or restaurants, work is getting a lot harder to find.
With all the media attention, immigrants are having a much harder time staying inconspicuous, making them constantly afraid. Paula Flores has an undocumented sister who lives here right now and says she feels many of the same pressures. “She’s prepared an emergency bag for her family — with her daughters’ U.S. birth certificates and other important papers — in case she gets deported.”
(conservativedailypost.com)