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The headlines said, “Dominican woman self-deports in fear of new immigration policies of USA.” What the body of the article revealed was a typical story of a person attracted to the mythical ‘streets-of-gold’ idea of the United States. The woman, identified as Leandra Rojas, talked to television reporters for the Channel 41 Univision in New York City. She said that she had decided to voluntarily return to the Dominican Republic after hearing about the new migration policies being announced by the Trump administration.
Although the current efforts of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel (ICE) are focused on persons with criminal histories and those who are under deportation orders, it has been noted that there are what is being called “collateral detainees” or persons with irregular immigration status that was located along with the primary person of interest, the...
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