Thread: Enforcement reports 44 percent increase in deportation

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 2:55 PM MST
Immigration & Customs Enforcement reports 44 percent increase in deportationThe Business Journal of Phoenix - by Mike Sunnucks Phoenix Business Journal
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The number of illegal immigrants deported by the federal government is on the rise.

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency reports that it deported 280,000 people during the most recent fiscal year ending Sept. 30. That is a 44 percent jump from the previous fiscal years when 195,000 illegal immigrants were deported, according to the federal agency.

The Bush administration has been promising stiffer immigration enforcement actions against illegal immigrants and businesses that hire them.

ICE has arrested more than 600 illegal immigrants in the Phoenix area this month, including raids on drop houses where smugglers keep many of those unlawfully entering the country from Mexico.

Arizona is a prime entry point into the U.S. from Mexico.

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Good lets see that number double in the next three months.