Latino migrants are opting for self-deportation for fear of Donald Trump's policies

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The president-elect's promises to implement mass deportations and eliminate temporary protection programs are driving people to leave the country voluntarily. teleSUR

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00:00And we go now to the United States as people waited in long lines to be served by the Department

00:05of Homeland Security in North Carolina.

00:08According to the US TV station WSOC, the people said that they had been trying to get their

00:14hearings attended for several days, but were turned down due to long lines.

00:20After President-elect Donald Trump's threats of mass deportations, immigrants decided to

00:24leave the country on their own.

00:27In this context, Trump and his entourage expect these self-deportations to continue.

00:32History despite the lack of records shows how in previous times, migrants have been

00:37expelled with or without legal status in the country.

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