Record number: almost 410,000 deported in the last year

President Barack Obama's administration deported 409,849 people during fiscal year 2012 (October 2011 - September 2012), almost 13,000 more than the previous year. This, despite announcing in mid-2011 that it would suspend the deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants in the process of being removed from the country while they conducted an evaluation of each ... Read more

ICE deported nearly 400,000 people in last fiscal year

John Morton, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), today announced that 396,906 individuals were deported during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011). This is the highest number of deportees in the agency's history. According to figures from ... Read more

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