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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 877408" data-attributes="member: 12952">Obama Administration Nears Its Millionth DeportationWith the Congressional budgetary battle and debt ceiling debacle of&nbsp; 2011, one issue that been put on the back burner in Congress is the&nbsp; illegal immigration. That of course doesn’t mean the Obama&nbsp; administration forgot about it. In fact, his administration is nearing&nbsp; its one millionth deportation.Related: Joe Wilson Claims Vindication for His ‘You Lie’ MomentAdam Serwer at Mother Jones dug around the U.S. Immigrations and&nbsp; Customs Enforcement’s website and found that 982,548 illegal immigrants&nbsp; have been deported since Obama took office between January 2009 and July&nbsp; 2011. So it’s possible that Obama has already hit 1 million&nbsp; deportations since the end of July, although in August his&nbsp; administration announced a review of 300,000 cases of “low-priority”&nbsp; illegal immigrants. During the 28 months prior to that period, while&nbsp; George W. Bush was in office, there were approximately 200,000 fewer&nbsp; illegals booted from our borders, meaning that deportation has been&nbsp; revved up under the Obama administration. That surprises some of the&nbsp; president’s liberal supporters.One million gone already, so only 21-22 million to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 877408, member: 12952"] [B]Obama Administration Nears Its Millionth Deportation[/B] With the Congressional budgetary battle and debt ceiling debacle of 2011, one issue that been put on the back burner in Congress is the illegal immigration. That of course doesn’t mean the Obama administration forgot about it. In fact, his administration is nearing its one millionth deportation. Related: Joe Wilson Claims Vindication for His ‘You Lie’ Moment Adam Serwer at Mother Jones dug around the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s website and found that 982,548 illegal immigrants have been deported since Obama took office between January 2009 and July 2011. So it’s possible that Obama has already hit 1 million deportations since the end of July, although in August his administration announced a review of 300,000 cases of “low-priority” illegal immigrants. During the 28 months prior to that period, while George W. Bush was in office, there were approximately 200,000 fewer illegals booted from our borders, meaning that deportation has been revved up under the Obama administration. That surprises some of the president’s liberal supporters. [COLOR=#FF0000]One million gone already, so only 21-22 million to go.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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