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May 18, 2017

Trump Administration Raises Pace of Deportations by 40 Percent
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Back in the United States, in immigration news, newly released U.S.
government data show the Trump administration is deporting immigrants at
a record rate-40 percent higher than the previous record pace set by the
Obama administration. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported
Wednesday it deported more than 41,000 people through the end of
April-up from about 30,000 deported during the same period last year.
More than a third of those arrested by ICE had no criminal convictions.


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