Another Obamyth Busted - Deportations

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"A closer examination shows that immigrants living illegally in most of the continental U.S. are less likely to be deported today than before Obama came to office, according to immigration data."

"On the other side of the ledger, the number of people deported at or near the border has gone up — primarily as a result of changing who gets counted in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's deportation statistics."

"If all removals were tallied, the total sent back to Mexico each year would have been far higher under those previous administrations than it is now.

The shift in who gets tallied helped the administration look tough in its early years but now may be backfiring politically."

So, a change in record-keeping that started late in the Bush administration is what is helping Obama look tough on illegals / deportation. Poof - another Obamyth busted. The real meat of the story is right here:

"Expulsions of people who are settled and working in the United States have fallen steadily since his first year in office, and are down more than 40% since 2009."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...#axzz2xg3nFGOi