Thread: Ohio Deportations up 37%

Local deportations up 37%
DAN HORN

Immigration agents set another record this year when they deported more than 4,000 illegal aliens from Ohio and Michigan, a 37 percent increase over last year.

The jump in deportations mirrors a national trend toward annual increases since at least 2003, when U.S. immigration enforcement was overhauled in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Nationwide, deportations are up about 34 percent since last year, climbing from 204,000 to 273,000.

Immigration officials say the increase is the result of greater emphasis on enforcement, the creation of special teams to pursue fugitives, bigger detention facilities and speedier legal proceedings.

“Primarily, it’s because of enforcement efforts,â€

I’m sorry but those numbers don’t jive with the ones I’ve been reading from states that have 10 times the criminal Immigrants populationas Ohio.
Why is a sports writers name on this story?
Makes me think that all these states put out these reports today as a means to sway the opinions in one way>>>

Feds step up efforts to hunt down undocumented immigrants
Robert L. Smith

Life is becoming a more anxious effort for undocumented immigrants, here and across the land, as the federal government accelerates efforts to find and deport them.

The number of people forcibly removed from Ohio and Michigan surged 37 percent this year, outpacing the increase seen nationally. Deportations in the region have more than doubled since 2004.

Immigration officials credit the success of fugitive-hunting teams now established in Cleveland and Detroit.

“The message is, we’re continuing to improve, and it’s getting harder to hide,â€

And yet our local paper is three days late And I retract the sports caster is dan hord not horn

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