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(24,123 posts)erpowers
(9,350 posts)I recently saw a news report that stated less illegal immigrants are being deported during the Trump Administration than under the Obama Administration. The report stated that, yes, more people have been arrested, but less people are actually being deported. As a result of Trump having so many people arrested and placed in detention there is now a backlog of people waiting to be deported.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)vs. Trump's 7 months?
erpowers
(9,350 posts)The report was based on a comparison between this year and last year. During this same time period last years the Obama Administration supposedly deported more illegal immigrants, including criminals, than the Trump Administration has so far this year.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/08/trump-deportations-behind-obama-levels-241420
The U.S. is deporting people more slowly than during the Obama administration despite President Donald Trumps vast immigration crackdown, according to new data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
From Feb. 1 to June 30, ICE officials removed 84,473 people a rate of roughly 16,900 people per month. If deportations continue at the same clip until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, federal immigration officials will have removed fewer people than they did during even the slowest years of Barack Obama's presidency.
In fiscal year 2016, ICE removed 240,255 people from the country, a rate of more than 20,000 people per month.
In fiscal year 2012 the peak year for deportations under Obama the agency removed an average of roughly 34,000 people per month.