Even before President Donald Trump returned to office, illegal aliens were voluntarily departing the U.S. But his inauguration and the subsequent flurry of executive orders appear to have led more to make their way out of the country.
“You know, I think President Trump is doing it a lot with rhetoric and now with the executive orders trying to get things done, and people are now self deporting,” National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto said Tuesday on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show.
“It started a couple weeks ago,” he also said. “They didn't wait till now. It started a couple weeks ago where they were saying, 'Hey, look, we know the new sheriff is in town. Let's pack up and leave Dodge.' I guess you would say.”
