Thread: Immigration officials announce increase in deportations

The mainstream media is busy reporting such news all over the country right now.
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Immigration officials announce increase in deportations
November 6, 2008 07:15 PM
By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff

Federal immigration officials deported 3,836 immigrants from New England during the last budget year, up from 3,464 deportees the year before, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today.

The jump marked an increase of nearly 11 percent but was still about half the increase nationwide.

Nationally, deportations soared to 349,041 for the budget year that ended in September, up from 288,663 the year before, an increase of nearly 21 percent.

“We made a commitment to the American people to embark on an ambitious enforcement strategy aimed at securing our borders and strengthening our nation’s immigration system,â€

But Eva Millona, the executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, say the numbers show that ICE is apprehending more ordinary workers than criminals.

"The agency’s really putting a lot of resources into this and clearly the number of criminals is low," she said. "It really indicates that the resources are not going where they are supposed to be going."



Sorry to break it to ya Eva, but in the case of illegal aliens.....workers DO equal criminals.

Why is it that there are stupid people everywhere I look anymore?

An Undocumented Immigrant is a criminal. What is so hard to understand about this fact?