Obama beats Bush on deportations

By Ruben Navarrette, UNION-TRIBUNE COLUMNIST
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.

A lot of immigration advocates who voted for Barack Obama got less than they bargained for.

Either because Democrats have a reputation for being progressive on civil rights, or because too many Republicans drape the immigration issue in fear and demagoguery, many immigrant rights activists assume that Democrats are more forgiving toward illegal immigrants than are Republicans.

In 2008, they put their trust in the “Dâ€