Deportations of illegal immigrants from the U.S. are on track to hit the lowest level in a decade under the Obama administration, according to internal figures obtained by the Associated Press.
The number of deportations from the U.S. have declined 25 percent in the first half of this fiscal year compared to the same time last year, according to a new report.
A majority of likely voters say the government is “not aggressive enough in deporting those who are in this country illegally,” according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
The rate of deportations from October to March was down 43 percent from what it was three years before, as the Obama administration has altered its enforcement priorities to target illegal immigrants who it says have committed serious crimes.
An illegal immigrant—who video surveillance shows calmly murdering a young store clerk in order to steal a box of cigarettes—was already out on bond from U.S. Immigration services and even had a previous conviction from which he had received no jail time.
