Quarter of Those Deported Through Violent Illegals Program Have No Criminal Record

Sunday, February 20, 2011

A federal program designed to locate and remove violent illegal immigrants from the U.S. has been more effective in deporting
undocumented immigrants with no criminal backgrounds.

A review of federal records by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting found that 28% of the more than 75,000
immigrants deported since Secure Communities was created in 2008 have been “non-criminalâ€