Just recently I overheard some of my immigration lawyer colleagues talking about reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) police officers are preventing people wanting to leave the US through the Nogales Port of Entry. Related reports have come from other crossing areas.
Considering all the recent hue and cry regarding “too many immigrants within the U.S.,” it seems odd that CBP could truly interfere with those that planned to leave. A number of the individuals stopped were actually going to visa consultations at the United States Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to acquire appropriate, legal paperwork and come back “the correct way.”
The concern was raised, “How does complicating the life of individuals aiming to abide by the law by leaving America improve our security?”
As unusual as it may seem, this ‘new’ policy may well be an off-shoot of one of the better strategies in the “border enforcement” procedure for countrywide security
In contrast, rounding up and deporting a couple of hundred or possibly a few million undocumented individuals is certainly counter-productive. It simply boosts the demand for, along with the sales from, the cartels’ services. Not to mention shooting our very own economy in the foot by depriving it of necessary workers, need for products or services, tax proceeds, etc.
Besides comprehensive immigration reform (that would eliminate demand for illegal ‘underground’ options of entrance), cutting off the benefits and decreasing the firepower of the human and drug smuggling cartels might be one of the more effective ways to keep the U.S. safe from a “threat.”
For this reason “complicating the lifestyles of people attempting to adhere to the law” [by leaving the U.S.] is certainly part of a rational immigration policy.
Unfortunately, CBP’s effectiveness with this “outbound interdiction” role will likely be considerably reduced, if they don’t discover how to do it without terrorizing or alienating the overall society of migrants and other travelers. Imagine the influence on correct “border security,” if all individuals could look at CBP as “the good guys, trying to keep us all secure, from the true bad guys.”
For further facts in relation to immigration law, get in touch with the Arizona immigration attorneys at Gunderson, Denton, & Peterson at 480-655-7440.
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