luv2run wrote:
Lots of illegals arrested each year, few deported is my guess.
You are kidding right?
Obama has deported more criminally convicted illegals than any President. Over 2M so far, which is more than Bush deported in 8 years!
From yesterday's paper:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/29/3901274/andres-oppenheimer-obama-should.htmlAnd from
http://seattlefreepress.org/2013/09/25/obama-on-track-to-deport-a-record-2-million-people-by-2014/under Obama, the deportation of convicted criminals has been a focus and a point of pride for the administration. However, as immigrant justice advocates have often stressed, the report points out that “many of these criminal deportees are deported after a minor criminal conviction”:
In 2011, 188,382 people were deported on criminal grounds. Nearly a quarter were deported after a drug conviction, another 23% for traffic crimes, and one in five for immigration crimes. The DHS does not get very specific about these convictions, but we do know that drug crimes include marijuana possession; traffic crimes include speeding; and immigration crimes include illegal entry and re-entry.
It is likely that large numbers of people apprehended through the Criminal Alien Program are minor drug offenders and immigration offenders. Additionally, it is likely that the Criminal Alien Program is tearing apart families. One study found that, on average, people deported after being convicted of a crime had lived 14 years in the United States.