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Voluntary Deportation Program Ends

Operation Scheduled Departure — an experimental program designed to convince illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for voluntary deportation — ended Friday. The pilot program had operated in five cities since early August, but not many eligible immigrants availed themselves of it.

TED ROBBINS has the audio for NPR.