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March 14, 2014

Obama Orders Review of Deportation Practices After Wave of Immigrant Protests 
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President Obama has ordered a review of his administration's deportation
practices amid rising pressure from civil rights groups who have dubbed
him the "deporter-in-chief." In a meeting with Latino lawmakers
Thursday, Obama said he wanted to see if immigration policies could be
carried out more "humanely." The number of deportations under Obama is
approaching two million. Undocumented immigrants have increased pressure
through direct actions ranging from border re-entry protests to a hunger
strike at a detention center in Washington state.

 

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