The pilot program, christened "Operation Scheduled Departure," will offer illegal immigrants -- primarily those who have ignored or eluded final deportation orders -- a window of opportunity to voluntarily surrender to U.S. authorities. Those who participate in the program can count on cooperation from the government to enable them to close out their affairs prior to leaving.
For the government, the program comes at a time when there is mounting pressure on immigration courts and detention centers, which have been jammed to the hilt by the Bush administration's immigration crackdown. The government hopes to sell illegal immigrants on the idea of avoiding a long, painful battle with the U.S. immigration bureaucracy.
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