Big drop in immigrant deportation, new border patrol report shows
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN) -- The number of immigrant deportations on President Barack Obama's watch fell to an all-time low this past year, according to a new border patrol report.
As border crossings continue to rise, deportations dropped by about 14 percent in the year that ended Sept. 30 compared to the year before, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement draft report first obtained by the L.A. Times and published Thursday. Nearly 316,000 people were removed from the U.S.
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Eighty-five percent of immigrants deported during the year from within the country had a criminal conviction, according to the report.
That squares with Obama's dedication to focus on "felons, not families," as he said in his executive action speech, honing in on criminal offenses instead of more broad sweeping deportation policies.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/politics/deportation-report/index.html?hpt=po_c2
The article states that the decrease in deportations will likely add fuel to the fire for Republicans who claim that fewer deportations lead to more illegal immigration.
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And this is a fire I like:
