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Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:49 PM Jun 2014

Feds: Immigrant center to expedite deportations

Source: AP

ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) — A detention center being opened in southeastern New Mexico to deal with the surge in women and children caught crossing illegally into the U.S. from Central America will be focused on deporting the immigrants quickly, officials said Thursday.

During a media tour of the austere Border Patrol law enforcement training center turned immigration jail, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said the goal is to process the immigrants and have them returned to their homes within 10 to 15 days.

Artesia Mayor Phillip Burch said he was told by federal officials that the detention center will likely be in operation for six months to a year, although he thinks it could stay open longer than that "unless the policy in Washington changes."

Last week, the Obama administration announced plans to convert the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center into one of several temporary sites being established to deal with the influx of women and children fleeing gang violence and poverty in Central American.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/feds-immigrant-center-expedite-deportations



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