Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants leave the U.S.

[DigitalDrifter]

Yippeeeeeeeeeee!

Well, sounds like great news, but just wait until Dems get back in the WH, they'll work to flood the country again.
In the meantime there are plenty of leftist judges out there working day and night to keep them here in order to destroy the American capitalistic system.

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope​

Julia Ingram
Updated Thu, February 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM PST
7 min read


As pathways to freedom have narrowed in immigration courts across the United States, a record number of detainees are giving up their cases and voluntarily leaving the country.

Last year, 28% of completed immigration removal cases among those in detention ended in voluntary departure, a higher share than in any year prior, a CBS News analysis of decades of court records found.

That figure only appears to be climbing as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown widens and detention populations swell. The percentage of voluntary departures among those detained grew nearly every month of 2025, reaching 38% in December. The analysis does not include those who were not given a hearing before an immigration judge, such as immigrants in expedited removal proceedings.

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope

Vilma Palacios is one of thousands who have given up their immigration cases and voluntarily left the U.S. after being detained. More detainees are opting for voluntary departure than ever before, a C...

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[Independent thinker]

Yippeeeeeeeeeee!

Well, sounds like great news, but just wait until Dems get back in the WH, they'll work to flood the country again.
In the meantime there are plenty of leftist judges out there working day and night to keep them here in order to destroy the American capitalistic system.

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope​

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope

Vilma Palacios is one of thousands who have given up their immigration cases and voluntarily left the U.S. after being detained. More detainees are opting for voluntary departure than ever before, a C...

www.yahoo.com

The southern border has become one large 2000 mile ghost town.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Working as intended.

 

[kevinthrowe]

The southern border has become one large 2000 mile ghost town.

The economic impact will take decades to fix . This will cost America’s billions

 

[trumptman]

Yippeeeeeeeeeee!

Well, sounds like great news, but just wait until Dems get back in the WH, they'll work to flood the country again.
In the meantime there are plenty of leftist judges out there working day and night to keep them here in order to destroy the American capitalistic system.

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope​

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope

Vilma Palacios is one of thousands who have given up their immigration cases and voluntarily left the U.S. after being detained. More detainees are opting for voluntary departure than ever before, a C...

www.yahoo.com

Voluntary departures hit record high as detained immigrants lose hope of getting released or winning in court

Vilma Palacios is one of thousands who have given up their immigration cases and voluntarily left the U.S. after being detained. More detainees are opting for voluntary departure than ever before, a CBS News analysis found.

www.cbsnews.com

Last year, 28% of completed immigration removal cases among those in detention ended in voluntary departure, a higher share than in any year prior, a CBS News analysis of decades of court records found.

That figure only appears to be climbing as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown widens and detention populations swell. The percentage of voluntary departures among those detained grew nearly every month of 2025, reaching 38% in December. The analysis does not include those who were not given a hearing before an immigration judge, such as immigrants in expedited removal proceedings.

"It's set up for every individual who is detained to get to the point where they're just emotionally drained and exhausted through it all of the way that we're being treated, to just say, 'OK, all I want is my freedom,'" said Vilma Palacios, who agreed to return to Honduras in late December after being detained for six months in Basile, Louisiana.

Who knew... (Trump) you make people actually deal with the choices they make rather than just releasing, rewarding and enabling them and... they change their choices.

"They've been here for years, even built a life....thus they should be allowed to continue breaking the law."

The way you fix that is, hold them in detention, don't release them out there to build that life and make their pointless dragging out of the due process have a cost to them rather than a cost to everyone else.

One immigrant who asked that CBS News identify her only by her initials, U.G., as she is still seeking legal pathways to appeal her deportation, was relieved when a judge finally ordered for her deportation after 13 months in detention. Although she didn't ask for voluntary departure, at one point she tried to convince her legal team to ask for her removal.

"I couldn't fathom just continuing to sit there," she said. "Every day that I sit here, I'm choosing to sit here. I can sign and have them remove me in three days."

Exactly, sign and go home. It's simple. It's so simple that pretty much anyone with half a brain can and should do it.