Immigrants begging to be deported are languishing in ICE's Aurora detention facility

Deportation, once seen as a loss, is much needed relief from detention for some. “The system is failing at every single level,” said an immigration attorney.

"For months, immigrants imprisoned at the Aurora detention facility have been asking to be deported.

And yet, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has kept them there with no answers about when they will get out.

Cesar Eriberto Landazuri Marmolejo, who came to the U.S. last year with his wife and young son, asked to return to Ecuador to reunite with them after they self-deported last month. ICE detained him after an asylum hearing June 17 in Denver. ICE finally deported him Thursday.

Keooudone Phetchamphone, who came to the U.S. as a child from Laos in the 1970s, wants to return to Laos for a fresh start there, according to his sister. ICE detained him at a routine check-in Aug. 27. He remains detained."

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