Thread: Deportation definition expanded?

I seem to remember reading that the reason deportation numbers have gone up during the Obama administration is that the definition of deportation has been expanded. I can't seem to find where I read this. Do any of you folks know any references? Thanks.

I think it involves:

Voluntary Departure

The departure of an alien from the United States without an order of removal. The departure may or may not have been preceded by a hearing before an immigration judge. An alien allowed to voluntarily depart concedes removability but does not have a bar to seeking admission at a port-of-entry at any time. Failure to depart within the time granted results in a fine and a ten-year bar to several forms of relief from deportation.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...0048f3d6a1RCRD
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These are being included in the deportation numbers yet many of these VRs include IAs apprehended at or near the border and simply escorted back across.

I could be wrong but this is what I remember reading quite a while ago.