Record Number of Deportations

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New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security announced today that it had deported 396,000 individuals in the last year – the largest number in the agency’s history. The deportations were carried out in fiscal year 2011, which ended Sept. 30. Nearly 55 percent of deportees had criminal convictions while 45 percent had not been convicted of any crime.

"At $23,000 per individual to go through the complete deportation process, immigration enforcement without fixing our broken system is not sustainable," said Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum. 

The announcement came on the same day as two television networks air separate exposés on the immigration detention system. "Lost in Detention," on PBS’ Frontline, will examine the Obama administration's expanded immigration enforcement apparatus, including the controversial Secure Communities program and the immigration detention system. CNBC's documentary, "Billions Behind Bars," will examine the multi-billion dollar prison industry, including profits made from the detention of immigrants.



 

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Anonymous

Posted Oct 19 2011

Isn't that only one percent of he total? Record number of illegals calls for record deportations.

Anonymous

Posted Oct 19 2011

I can pick out a hundred on any given day, it's easy they don't speak english, they used to come here seasonally, now they bring they're women with them to colonize, who can blame them when they're country is a corrupt , third world cesspool .And our country hands out welfare and citizenship to they're children just for sneaking over here and having them.

Anonymous

Posted Oct 19 2011

I can pick out a hundred on any given day, it's easy they don't speak english, they used to come here seasonally, now they bring they're women with them to colonize, who can blame them when they're country is a corrupt , third world cesspool .And our country hands out welfare and citizenship to they're children just for sneaking over here and having them.

Anonymous

Posted Oct 19 2011

hispanics are born liers,thief's and preditor's and it makes no difference on what side of the border their from. we cant legally remove the aid and abet parisites but their illegal family members and friends should be hunted down and disposed of quickley.

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