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Volunteer deportation act leads to jail

NCR Staff  |  May. 5, 2012
Immigration and the Church

Kalsum Pangkey, a 56-year-old undocumented immigrant from Indonesia, went to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on April 25 to report that she was ready to leave the U.S. and pay her way back to her country.

The authorities locked her in detention, where she remains. She had gone to the ICE office to say she would voluntarily depart and asked for a stay of deportation for a few months to arrange for the move.

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[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/undocumented-immigrant-leave-detained_n_1479089.html