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More illegal immigrants deported under Obama's administration
by Joseph Ernest July 26, 2010
Newscast Media -- Under the Obama administration record numbers of illegal immigrants are being deported and businesses that hire undocumented workers are being audited too.
Roughly 400,000 people are expected to be deported by The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency which is nearly 10 percent more than in 2007 under George W. Bush. The pace of auditing companies has also quadrupled since Bush's final year as president.
A June 30 memorandum from ICE director John Morton instructed officers to focus their "principal attention" on felons and repeat lawbreakers. The policy, influenced by a series of sometimes-heated White House meetings, also targets repeat border crossers and declares that parents caring for children or the infirm should be detained only in unusual cases.
Morton said, "We're trying to put our money where our mouth is. You've got to have aggressive enforcement against criminal offenders. You have to have a secure border. You have to have some integrity in the system."
According to DHS figures 240,000 illegals have been identified by The Secure Communities as having been convicted of crimes. Of those, about 30,000 have been deported, including 8,600 convicted of what the agency calls "the most egregious offenses." Add Comments>>
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