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Article: U.S. flying illegal aliens to Mexico City; Program in second year.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2005
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Department of Homeland Security and the government of Mexico yesterday began the second year of a repatriation program that calls for the return of illegal aliens caught in the United States to Mexico City on a voluntary basis.
More than 14,000 Mexican nationals were returned to Mexico's interior last year, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, responsible for guarding America's borders, are hopeful that efforts at voluntary repatriation this year will add to that number.
The plan, known as the Interior Repatriation Program (IRP), returns detained illegal aliens to Mexico's ...