Report: Deportations Down to Lowest Point Since 1973
The total number of illegal immigrants who have been deported by the federal government is at its lowest point since 1973.
"Total deportations in 2011, the latest year for which complete numbers are available, numbered 715,495 – the lowest level since 1973," the report also found.
According to a Center for Immigration (CIS) report, the 364,700 projected removals in fiscal year 2013 " and those numbers are most likely inflated because reportedly "more than half of those are immigrants caught at the border but put through ICE deportation proceedings."
The Obama administration's policies are "dramatically suppressing interior enforcement."
“Even though they are finding out about more illegal aliens than ever before, especially more criminal aliens, the ICE agents in the field have been ordered to look the other way,"
To further illustrate the lack of deportations under Obama, just "4 percent of deportations came from Homeland Security Investigations, which is the division responsible for worksite enforcement, anti-smuggling operations and tracking down immigrants who overstay their visas." In addition, according to the Washington Times, "through the first 10 months of fiscal year 2013, ICE had removed just 128,441 criminal aliens — down 11 percent from the same period in 2012."
It's sort of a liberal catch and release program... with less emphasis on catch and more on release.. :?