Self-deportation
Self-deportation is an approach to dealing with illegal immigration, used in the United States and the United Kingdom, that allows an otherwise inadmissible person to voluntarily depart a country for which they have no legal ties to rather than face removal proceedings in front of the native court system. It became associated with illegal immigration to the United States in the 1990s.
History
This term was used as early as 1984 in a
See also
- Immigration reduction in the United States
- Immigration reform
- Home Office hostile environment policy
References
- ^ Mano, D. Keith (5 March 1984). "Roman Polanski". People. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ Safire, William (21 November 1994). "Essay; Self-Deportation?". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ a b Mackey, Robert (1 February 2012). "The Deep Comic Roots of 'Self-Deportation'". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "News Flash: The Real Inventor of "Self-Deportation"". This American Life. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.