Deports

While Salazar is leading the naturalization ceremony of a small group of citizens at the foot of the statue, the Obama Administration is feeding the multi-billion dollar industry that persecutes and jails, surveills and deports more than a million immigrants since Salazar and the Obama Administration took the reigns of executive power. ❋ Roberto Lovato (2011)

And even though ICE keeps claiming that the Secure Communities program only catches serious criminals, the facts prove that most of the people Secure Communities catches and deports either have committed low-level crimes like traffic offenses or are innocent of any crime at all. ❋ Jr. Arturo Venegas (2012)

Some have even called on her to resign because she repeatedly calls the non-violent, non-criminal immigrant majority of people that the Obama Administration deports "criminals" and "collateral damage." ❋ Felipe Matos (2011)

Nor does ICE track the number of people it deports who were caught driving without licenses. ❋ Tara Bahrampour (2010)

Over the last 30 years, legislatures have stripped most immigrants of access to vital social programs, built up the enforcement infrastructure to unprecedented proportions and ultimately brought us to a point where the country deports a record 393,000 people a year. ❋ Rinku Sen (2010)

It didn't happen, and a subsequent interview with the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith makes it clear that it won't happen with this Congress, regardless of how many immigrants Obama deports. ❋ Voto Latino (2011)

The Border Agency says it only deports individuals "when we are satisfied the individual has no international protection needs", and cites a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that not all Tamil asylum seekers are in need of protection. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This is a huge step in the right direction for the White House and its Department of Homeland Security, which has claimed, repeatedly, to prioritize its finite immigration enforcement resources by pursuing criminal aliens, yet concurrently deports tens of thousands of immigrants who pose no threat to our national security or community safety. ❋ Rep. Mike Honda (2011)

Only half a dozen states recognize gay marriage, but the federal government is the entity that threatens protesters with months of jail time, ruthlessly deports vital caregivers, and imposes discriminatory policies upon the nation. ❋ Anthony Gregory (2011)

China routinely arrests North Koreans and deports them back to their home. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Because China labels the refugees "economic migrants" and deports them, they must remain underground until they reach a third country. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It is unfortunate that Arlington has decided not to participate in a program that deports illegal aliens who are convicted of crimes in our communities. ❋ Christy Goodman (2010)