According to the latest data, the Obama administration deported 10
percent fewer people in Fiscal Year 2013, as compared to Fiscal Year
2012. In Fiscal Year 2013, almost 370,000 people were deported. In
Fiscal Year 2012, that number was just under 410,000. The Obama
administration is still considered one of the biggest proponents of
deportation; since the president took office in 2009, almost 2 million
people have been deported from the United States.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 59 percent of
the people deported last fiscal year had a criminal record. Note,
though, that this statistic includes traffic offences. The majority of
deported individuals who did not have a criminal record were caught at
the U.S./Mexico border.
“ICE focused interior enforcement operations on convicted criminals
with an emphasis on those convicted of the most serious crimes,”
reported ICE.
