Jason Hopkins on November 18, 2019
The latest immigration enforcement data affirm something that would appear incongruous: Former President Barack Obama deported illegal aliens at a far higher rate than his successor.
Roughly 1.8 million foreign nationals were deported from the U.S. for the first three years of the Obama administration. The Trump administration, on the other hand, has deported fewer than 800,000 so far, according to a report from the Washington Post. In 2012 alone, Obama oversaw the removal of nearly 410,000 people. Trump has yet to deport more than 260,000 in a single year.
While the numbers seem like an anomaly given the Trump administration’s laser focus on immigration control, they largely reflect the demographics of the current border crisis.
During the Obama administration, a much higher proportion of those apprehended at the U.S. southern border were Mexican nationals — who are much easier to remove from the country than foreign nationals from non-contiguous countries. The current immigration crisis has been largely made up of family units from Central America. Children and family units from countries other than Canada or Mexico are much more difficult to process and remove because of U.S. immigration laws.
The immigration crisis has also forced the Trump administration to divert Department of Homeland Security resources to the U.S.-Mexico border, leaving the interior of the country with less manpower.
The result has been fewer deportations. However, detainment of foreign nationals has reached record levels. Roughly 50,000 individuals were jailed on any given day last year by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the highest detainment number in the government’s history. Individuals are also being held for a longer duration of time than before.
Immigration activists, who once referred to Obama as the “deporter-in-chief,” have not forgotten the 44th’s deportation record.
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Protesters stormed Joe Biden’s Philadelphia campaign headquarters in July, demanding the former vice president-turned-presidential candidate apologize for the high rate of deportations under his administration. Just days later, protesters interrupted Biden during a Democratic presidential debate, shouting “three million deportations!” — the total number of removals during the Obama era.
Biden said during a presidential debate in September it was “outrages” to compare Obama’s immigration record to Trump. He then incorrectly claimed that his administration didn’t “lock people up in cages” or “separate families.” However, both of these things did happen during the Obama administration.
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You would be quite correct CyanChiefHat. As Obama promised America was going to be alot “browner”. and those that “Oppose the Prophet ( Mohammed) must not be allowed to succeed.” Couldn’t be much more apparent what he is but the leftists love the creep.He made it possible for the Turkish muslim that owns Chobani company to import 30,000 muslims from Syria to take the majority of the whites’ jobs that helped establish that company. A company established on small business loans from the US Gov’t ( Obama Admin.) Obama got the guy a huge monetary award for being small business man of the year. All under the cover of good public relations. (Obama’s Trojan horse,)
You would be quite correct CyanChiefHat. As Obama promised America was going to be alot “browner”. and those that “Oppose the Prophet ( Mohammed) must not be allowed to succeed.” Couldn’t be much more apparent what he is but the leftists love the creep.He made it possible for the Turkish muslim that owns Chobani company to import 30,000 muslims from Syria to take the majority of the whites’ jobs that helped establish that company. A company established on small business loans from the US Gov’t ( Obama Admin.) Obama got the guy a huge monetary award for being small business man of the year. All under the cover of good public relations. (Obama’s Trojan horse,)
there we have it ,we found one thing Obama was good at ,making room for his mus friends
I wouldn’t trust any of Obama figures on anything.
I wouldn’t trust any of Obama figures on anything.
Obama cheated. He changed the definition of “deported” to claim attempts to cross the border that were turned back as “deportations” and pad his numbers.
The trouble is, the “mainstream” media relentlessly repeats the lies of the Demmunists and REFUSES to report ANY of their crimes and wrongdoing. As a result, a large percentage of the America voting populace DOES NOT KNOW what the Demmunist Party has become. THIS is the danger of having the media joined at the hip with, and in collusion with ONE political party! The Demmunists are ABSOLUTELY SHAMELESS as their corruption and criminality gets worse, because they KNOW the media will not report it. Watchdogs of the public? HAH! More like LAPDOGS of the Demmunists.
facts don’t matter to the LEFT .. when are we going to do more than just “know” this.
We need all the facts out in public every day long enough that they displace the BS being peddled by the MSM. No where to run or hide when EVERYBODY knows ALL the facts on both sides.
Start with asking why so many repubs are NOT saying a damned thing while this sham attack on Trumps foreign policy goes on under the guise of Impeachement….
I figure HRC/BHO and several other are all tied up in the money. They got busted trying to foist a COUP on us when they deflected investigation into how Bernie took a dive so she could be the nominee.
She over many years spread so much $$ and crime onto so many .. she made it clear…
If I go down you ALL go down. That is why they fight so hard about the truth coming out…
Or sit silently and hope their own guy goes down so they don’t lose their feed trough and power…
facts don’t matter to the LEFT .. when are we going to do more than just “know” this.
We need all the facts out in public every day long enough that they displace the BS being peddled by the MSM. No where to run or hide when EVERYBODY knows ALL the facts on both sides.
Start with asking why so many repubs are NOT saying a damned thing while this sham attack on Trumps foreign policy goes on under the guise of Impeachement….
I figure HRC/BHO and several other are all tied up in the money. They got busted trying to foist a COUP on us when they deflected investigation into how Bernie took a dive so she could be the nominee.
She over many years spread so much $$ and crime onto so many .. she made it clear…
If I go down you ALL go down. That is why they fight so hard about the truth coming out…
Or sit silently and hope their own guy goes down so they don’t lose their feed trough and power…
What I find outrageous is that so many other millions of foreign invaders were allowed to stay and are still being allowed to stay.
What is the WHOLE TRUTH”?
When Obama supporters said that their hero had been much more zealous about enforcing the immigration laws than Trump, they said what you are now saying, In response, Trump supporters said that was an example of the game that can be played with statistics, They said that Obama counted people who had been TURNED AWAY at the border. In other words, Obama was counting people who had never actually entered America. On the other hand, they said Trump’s figures were only for those who had ENTERED and had been ejected.
I’d like to know the truth, THE WHOLE TRUTH, the truth using the same metrics.
What is the WHOLE TRUTH”?
When Obama supporters said that their hero had been much more zealous about enforcing the immigration laws than Trump, they said what you are now saying, In response, Trump supporters said that was an example of the game that can be played with statistics, They said that Obama counted people who had been TURNED AWAY at the border. In other words, Obama was counting people who had never actually entered America. On the other hand, they said Trump’s figures were only for those who had ENTERED and had been ejected.
I’d like to know the truth, THE WHOLE TRUTH, the truth using the same metrics.
This can’t be true of Saint Obama of the dispossessed, Well I’ll be blowed and deported.
Is it not amazing that so many Democrats lie in such a shameless manner. They seem oblivious of the fact that there is so much graphic, incontrovertible evidence that proves they’re lying – just as poor Joe Biden does here with the deportation issue. It was the Obama administration that did all the things Biden denies. It has seemed to me, ever since Trump shocked the world by defeating Hillary in the 2016 election, that the entire Left has been living the Monty Python Dead Parrot skit. No, no, no – the parrot isn’t dead, it’s just asleep. It was hilarious when John Cleese and Michael Palin did it. It isn’t nearly so boffo now.
Is it not amazing that so many Democrats lie in such a shameless manner. They seem oblivious of the fact that there is so much graphic, incontrovertible evidence that proves they’re lying – just as poor Joe Biden does here with the deportation issue. It was the Obama administration that did all the things Biden denies. It has seemed to me, ever since Trump shocked the world by defeating Hillary in the 2016 election, that the entire Left has been living the Monty Python Dead Parrot skit. No, no, no – the parrot isn’t dead, it’s just asleep. It was hilarious when John Cleese and Michael Palin did it. It isn’t nearly so boffo now.
Abortion, like infanticide and toxic vaccines, plus the kidnapping of so many kids is a form of genocide!!! None of this is happening to muslim babies! Check THAT one out!!! And muslim men are allowed up to 5 wives, all having kids – lots of them.
An interesting thought! The Moslems have lots of children, while present-day Americans have lots of abortions. When the Moslems have the majority, they will introduce Sharia law, under which Christian, Jews, and Hindus will have to pay higher taxes but cannot be forced to convert to Islam. Most American liberals claim to be atheists, so they will all be forces to convert or face execution. They will have to pray five time each day, and if they don’t they can be beated with sticks on their feet. That would be fun to watch all these know-it-alls get what’s coming to them.
Some of the American People don’t realize what’s going on. They have been coming here since 60’s, especially after Kennedy’s assassination . They’ve become naturalized, had lots of kids, who are NATURAL BORN CITIZENS, who in turn have had large families. Now YOU figure it out. No one has enforced the law called Public Law #414 passed in June 27th,1952 . Called the Immigration and Nationalization Act. This law states that ISLAM is banned in the USA!!! The reason being is that it is totally against our constitution. This law is still on the books and we can use it to it’s full extent right now!
This means we can stop the refugees and deport the ones already here.
We can close the mosques and ban shariah Law in all 50 states.
We can go after the Muslim Brotherhood and the CAIR and the more than 10 other Muslim organizations in our country that are sworn to the destruction of our country from within.
This means we can stop islam from being taught to our children.
This means we can give back to the veterans and seniors what was taken from them to subsidize the so-called refugees.
This mean we will no longer have muslims running our government.
This means……………………………….. NO MORE MUSLIMS!!!
Yes, I voted for Trump, and if that makes me a racist – so be it. I want my country back for my kids, grandkids, great grandkids and future generations. Now you can see why they are attempting to overrun us by numbers. And the pro NWO (globalists) have been helping them!!
Obama’s legalization of 5 million illegals is unconstitutional and illegal
Obama’s legalization of 5 million illegals is unconstitutional and illegal
Cyanchefhat you are more than likely correct
You’d better up that number, BlueDice. There was close to 12M in 2017.
You’d better up that number, BlueDice. There was close to 12M in 2017.
That’s why Obama created the War in Syria
All of them are Obama’s palestinian cousins to grab everything from us Included the History after they failed against to Israel
HOWEVER, OBAMA IMPORTED ONE MILLION ISLAMIKS FOR VOTING BLOCKS.
HOWEVER, OBAMA IMPORTED ONE MILLION ISLAMIKS FOR VOTING BLOCKS.
WHAT YOU DO TO OTHERS IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ! THIS IS THE WORST MESS THE DEMOS HAVE GOT THEMSELVES INTO AND THERE IS NO SAFE WAY OUT ! MAY GOD SHOW THEM THE WAY TO GO! AND NOT SEND THEM THERE!!~
WHAT YOU DO TO OTHERS IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ! THIS IS THE WORST MESS THE DEMOS HAVE GOT THEMSELVES INTO AND THERE IS NO SAFE WAY OUT ! MAY GOD SHOW THEM THE WAY TO GO! AND NOT SEND THEM THERE!!~
That’s a sucker bet, GreenLeaf – he would never deport a muslim! He was bringing them INTO the country faster than he was deporting Mexicans. You are so right.
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Obama did a lot of damage in US and still he does hiding behind everything and every country
I will bet any money that NONE of the Obama deportees came from Muslim countries…