The federal 287(g) program is forcing ilegal immigrants to leave Alamance County — voluntarily:

(O)ne and a half years since the 287(g) program gave local deputies the authority to enforce immigration laws, many Hispanics who don’t have the proper documentation to be in the country legally are leaving.

Laura Leach, owner of Leach Realtor, a Burlington company that deals largely with Hispanic clients, said that in the past couple of months she’s had one or two coming to her office every week wanting to put their homes for sale.

“They are panicking,” she said.