OTMs in Brownsville to be deported

As previously discussed ("Other-than-Mexicans give themselves up to get released into the U.S.") OTMs have been basically surrendering to BP agents because there's no detention space. Thus, they get a notice to appear in 30 days, they're released, and they're never heard from again.

Now, one Brownsville judge appears to be attempting to change that:

...U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recio made a statement Thursday [seven] Central Americans who were caught this week crossing the Rio Grande near Brownsville.

"I want you to tell all your friends in Honduras that if they come through Brownsville, Texas, they will not be paroled into the system and they will be put in jail and deported," Recio told Vasquez in open court as he handed him a jail sentence that could keep him here until space opens at an immigration facility and he could be deported...

Full story here. Same report here.

Immigration2005a · Sat, 06/04/2005 - 07:14 · Importance: 1