Obama administration deported record 1.5 million people
Although President Obama supports setting a path to citizenship for many illegal immigrants, his administration deported a record 1.5 million of them in his first term.
In addition, the latest data released by the government in recent days show that an unprecedented 409,849 people were deported for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
The increase from the previous year occurred despite policy changes ordered by Obama to reduce the deportations of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants.
Roughly 55 percent, or more than 225,000 people, deported in the past year were convicted of crimes such as drug offenses and driving under the influence. Immigration officials note that they deported nearly twice as many convicted criminals as in the year before Obama took office. That year, in 2008, criminals made up about a third of all deportations.
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Conservatives heads explode!
libfreeordie on December 25, 2012 at 11:25 AM
With all the fuzzy math and lack of truth that comes out of bho/team, would one believe this?
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letget on December 25, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Basically bs.
It’s easy to run up numbers when you change the criteria.
Obama’s flying monkeys changed the definition of what constitutes a deportation from one where illegal aliens had entered the country to having someone turned back at the border before they entered the country to be categorized as a “deportation”.
The was a propagandist who once pointed out that if you want to take over a group of people..or a country..the first thing you must do is seize the language, and then change the meanings of the words.
Mimzey on December 25, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Letget, jesus. Do you honestly believe that Barack Obama is evil incarnate?
libfreeordie on December 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Don’t be fooled. I bet a large percentage of those deported had been deported before, or had serious crimes and evaded deportation but were finally caught on a DUI and deported again. Or, they were serving prison sentences here and were deported upon release.
Blake on December 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Ugg..The = there.
Put the comma’s wherever you want.
Mimzey on December 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Piers Morgan on deck?
Resist We Much on December 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Whose heads?
davidk on December 25, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Project much?
Not believing a man habitually lies is prudent
davidk on December 25, 2012 at 11:37 AM
By which they mean ILLEGAL aliens.
davidk on December 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM
davidk on December 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM
What another use of a logical fallacy from you? Really?
Not.Surprised.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Liberals’ heads should explode, but they suffer from cognitive dissonance.
Republicans want to deport illegal immigrants – that’s baaad. Obama deports more illegal immigrants than Bush – that’s goood.
Bush detains terrorists in a military prison – that’s baaad. Obama kills innocent civilians and their wives and children with drones – that’s goood.
Gelsomina on December 25, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Thats why their heads don’t explode. All values and principles are flexible and relative to their dogma.
Mimzey on December 25, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Libfree loves dead Pakistani kids. That is 20/20 clear.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Good job, Mr. President.
tommy71 on December 25, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Nah. They’re used to denying reality.
Obama on the other hand is pragmatic as usual. There’s a need in the market for services that illegals offer, so keep the best ones (young, college educated with no criminal record) and deport the rest.
lester on December 25, 2012 at 12:26 PM
The percentage of criminals and addicts is scandalous. Ellis Island only turned back 2% of would be entrants. Did Ellis Island have lower standards? Was immigration less stressful a century ago? Hard to believe.
Seth Halpern on December 25, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Reality.
Somehow I doubt you or libfree are real happy with the deportation numbers. You’re as dishonest as they get. Oh and please do offer proof we are keeping the “college educated” illegal immigrants …this should be good.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 12:30 PM
I don’t think that word means what you think it means..
melle1228 on December 25, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Read what you just wrote. Essentialy, you`ve said we need these poor Mexicans to do the dirty work. Work where they`re not on the books so they can be paid pennies and live on welfare.
That`s racist.
ThePrez on December 25, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Just what jobs are these college educated illegals doing. Do tell.
Again this should be good. I cannot wait to see the “facts”. LOL.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 12:34 PM
It is such a fallacy anyways that illegals do the jobs that Americans don’t want. When Alabama strenghtened their laws, factories lost their illegals. The line for those jobs were around the building.
melle1228 on December 25, 2012 at 12:35 PM
If the numbers about the number deported are true…. I suspect Obama knows just what you stated. (You know just what I and other cons have stated for years– deport illegals and employ Americans)
CW on December 25, 2012 at 12:37 PM
The unemployment rate in Alabama dropped over 1% when they strengthened the laws.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/20/alabamas-immigration-reform-again-cuts-unemployment/
melle1228 on December 25, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Not surprised….
now where is that Lester with his “supports” LOL.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Why would this surprise you? There’s no shortage of people of your ilk who literally believe that Dick Cheney is either Lucifer in the flesh or some sort of extraterrestrial reptilian and Sarah Palin is Lilith, Jezebel, and Countess Bathory all rolled into one. You spend every waking moment demonizing and dehumanizing your opponents, and turnabout is fair play.
Walter Sobchak on December 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM
turnabout is fair play.
Walter Sobchak on December 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Fact: Not only does Libfree support sex between adults and minors he advocates for it. Ergo Libfree is evil.
…..
Now….
Lester -those pesky facts you were telling us about?
CW on December 25, 2012 at 12:57 PM
BUT, how many of those deported actually WERE deported
cmsinaz on December 25, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Lester….your crickets are here but where are you?
You’re lame.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Chirp.
CW on December 25, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Wait, Hispanics voted for Obama the border warrior despite him breaking up their families via deportation? That can’t be right.
xblade on December 25, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Welcome to today’s No Way In Hell Before The Election headline from the Omedia.
Meanwhile, we are supposed to be impressed when Obama does anything.
If anyone else even proposes to do anything, it is wrong. Pledge allegiance to your Obama now.
Moesart on December 25, 2012 at 2:27 PM