Renee alfaro houston

White said immigration officials told him that Alfaro was at one time a legal permanent resident. At that point he lost his legal residency. Voluntary departure allows illegal immigrants to leave the country on their own terms, rather than be formally deported. People granted voluntary departure benefit from not having a prior deportation on their record if they later apply for legal status.

It also benefits the taxpayer by saving the cost of formal deportation proceedings, said Michael Keegan , a Homeland Security spokesman. Keegan confirmed that Alfaro left the country after serving time on a felony drug charge, saying an immigration agent saw him board a plane to El Salvador in March Alfaro was arrested again in in Pearland, and again in on a drug charge in Angleton, authorities said.

Keegan said immigration officials received no queries from local law enforcement about Alfaro after White said he believes illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes should be deported immediately after they have been released from jail. He has talked to and written a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano outlining his concerns and recommendations for reforms, he said. Houston police and immigration officials pledged to improve cooperation after the murder of HPD Officer Rodney Johnson , who was killed in by a previously deported felon.

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