Self-Deportations Reversed for Some Mexicans in US Lawsuit's Wake Alexander Nguyen - Times of San Diego
go to original September 3, 2014

In a settlement with immigration rights groups, the US government could allow for a small percent of deported immigrants back to the U.S. to reunite with their families. (Wiki Commons)

A settlement reached last week between civil rights groups and immigration authorities over the voluntary departures of undocumented immigrants could allow for some Mexican nationals to return to the United States.

The settlement arises from a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in June 2013 in which nine Mexican nationals and three organizations that work with immigrants challenged procedures used by Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in which foreigners sign their own expulsion orders.

As a result of the settlement, reforms to the process known as “voluntary departure” have been put into effect, including revisions to the information immigration officers must disclose to people choosing between voluntary departure and a hearing before an immigration judge, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which was among the civil rights groups bringing the lawsuit.

ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice said “voluntary return” is used as an option for immigrants who ask to be sent to their home country in lieu of removal proceedings, “but in no case is coercion or deception tolerated.”

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