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December 20, 2013

Obama Admin Deported 369,000 in 2013 
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The Obama administration says it deported 369,000 immigrants during the
past fiscal year. That's a 10 percent decrease over last year's record
of 410,000, marking the first time deportations have dropped during
Obama's tenure. In a statement, Marisa Franco of the National Day
Laborer Organizing Network said, "The biggest fear of immigrant families
is becoming a number in the statistics released today. No matter what
direction the numbers go in, the fear entrenched in people’s lives
won't be removed until the threat is eliminated and that can only be
done by a president who recognizes the error of his ways and reverses
course on the dragnet he's built."

 

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