It would not work. They would bribe their way out and be back in the US committing more crimes BEFORE the ink on OUR paperwork was dry.

Due to the lack of true honor and integrity within the Mexican Government, I am afraid this would not work. But, if we could ever find a way to charge back to the Mexican Government, the cost of jail time, I am all for that. Wonder if there is some way to fund through tariffs? I have NEVER been a supporter of the free trade agreement with Mexico, and I feel that until they do their part of keeping their criminals under control, then I would like to look at a direct funding stream to the prisons to offset costs.

Isn't there a NAFTA category for these folks? If not why not address it in any and all future trade agreements? We get a great amount of help from Canadian LEO's and should be able to expand Expedited Removals on Canadian Citizens with criminal records because we can rely on their LEO information. On the contrary it is very difficult and more effective to have a Canadian overstay appear before an Immigration Judge for removal. With respect to Mexican Nationals our I-94 records lend themselves more towards Expedited Removal for overstays because our LEO information is not credible. With all the US firms moving to Mexico, can't we get the Mexican Government interested in US contractor that can provide FBI like records resources and an additional layer of prison security that can screen our incoming and outgoing contraband, messages and malifide individuals towards our mutual NAFTA responsibilities?

So if the citizen is not a felon. Is deported after Expedited Removal and is properly charged with the misdemeanor offence and then requires a consulate waiver before re-issuance of a NIV or IV, does it really matter if they don't serve the full sentence in a foreign cell. It's a win win. The time they could have served is the factor we are using for our purposes. However, we need to address a time frame for people to claim asylum though because this is the fly in the ointment. Folks who approach an officer throw down their documents and state they want an asylum hearing may be a different lot then those who claim it six months or more after when they are caught. I use the six month timeframe so like our Cuban friends they have an opportunity to gain information that would assist them in making a credible claim (that would not be available upon encounter or more appropriately upon application for admission as a refugee at a POE since our 1996 law changed the definition of "outside the USA").

Better yet we should charge the Mexican government for keeping there criminals here. The Mexican government is too corupt to be trusted with them.