The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the launch of a pilot program, Schedule Departure, which began this week in five cities.  The program ask fugitive aliens who have no criminal history and pose no threat to the community, the chance to come forward and turn themselves in, avoiding being detained, while they coordinate their removal with ICE.

Many naysayers to the announcement have said that this is another strange step in a drawn out process of how the U.S. deals with immigration.  And how they offer no true incentive for simply turning yourself in.

For more information on the ICE’s announcement:
Read this announcement from ICE
And this statement on the ‘strange’ announcement