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	<title><![CDATA[The Threatening "Silliness" of U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-hoyt/the-threatening-silliness_b_120002.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last week when U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) announced its new "<a href="http://icirr.org/node/3026">Self Deportation</a>" program aimed at 457,000 undocumented immigrants without criminal records , I confess I was not shy in saying what I thought of the program. </p>

<p>In the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-deportation_volunteersaug01,0,5114707.story">Chicago Tribune</a>, I called "Operation Scheduled Departure" a "very silly idea" and said that it was "about public relations... trying to put a happy face on some very brutal actions". Similar quotes appeared In the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121744672797097895.html">Wall Street...</a></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-09-19T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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