Gov. Perry sends Nat'l Guard to Border!

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

It's smoke and mirrors.
Go here for a realistic look:

http://cis.org/ICE-Illegal-Immigrant-Deportations

Or, read what BHO said:
"“The statistics are actually a little deceptive because what we’ve been doing is, with the stronger border enforcement, we’ve been apprehending folks at the borders and sending them back. That is counted as a deportation, even though they may have only been held for a day or 48 hours, sent back — that’s counted as a deportation.”

It's still more and besides, most of the criticism that the President has endured from "the left" when it comes to this topic is due to the number of illegals who are detained for routine traffic stops and other non-violent acts who are caught in the process and then deported.

Still, you want to detract from the fact that President Obama has been more proactive on illegal immigrants than other Presidents in recent history.

Shocker there.

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

It's still more and besides, most of the criticism that the President has endured from "the left" when it comes to this topic is due to the number of illegals who are detained for routine traffic stops and other non-violent acts who are caught in the process and then deported.

Still, you want to detract from the fact that President Obama has been more proactive on illegal immigrants than other Presidents in recent history.

Shocker there.

Now that's hilarious!!!

[n david]

This is where research pays off, instead of just taking a headline or talking point and running with it.

Various administrations handle illegal immigration differently. Bush was far more liberal on immigration than what I was comfortable with. It was no secret he wanted a more open border with Mexico. He also handled illegals differently. Instead of putting a mark on their permanent record, his admin simply loaded up the buses and sent them back across the border. This was labeled as a "return" and not a "removal."

In W's admin, there were over 8.3 million returns and 2 million removals.

This graph should help show what obama's numbers really are:



Link

What the left does is use obama's high "removal" numbers to say, "Hey, he's done more than Bush!" Yet they ignore the "returns" category which shows obama's true numbers are FAR less than W's.

And with obama openly discussing the idea of halting deportations, his numbers will fall even more in comparison to W's.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Still, you want to detract from the fact that President Obama has been more proactive on illegal immigrants than other Presidents in recent history.

I actually agree with this quote. Hint: It's not a good thing, and definitely not something of which to be proud.

He's done more than any other President to encourage illegal immigration. This current mess was caused by his subverting Congress and issuing an Executive Order which breaks current immigration law by allowing so-called "dreamers" to stay.