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Perspective: 392,862 deportations out of 12 million illegals

by YankeeJim | December 6, 2010 at 06:17 am

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About 3% of the nation’s illegal population was sent home last year. That is 97% remaining. So, people want to talk about the process. OK, speed it up. Accelerate and reduce the burden on the American taxpayers. Keep immigration within the nation’s present capacity to manage it. What is that? How many incoming? How many outgoing? Congress and Mr. President, answer those questions.

“Unusual methods helped ICE break deportation record, e-mails and interviews show
By Andrew Becker

Center for Investigative Reporting
Monday, December 6, 2010; 12:08 AM

For much of this year, the Obama administration touted its tougher-than-ever approach to immigration enforcement, culminating in a record number of deportations.

THIS STORY

·        Unusual methods helped ICE break deportation record, e-mails and interviews show

·        VIDEO: ICE press conference (October 6, 2010)

·        DOCUMENTS: Internal e-mails, "testimonials" from ICE agents and officers

But in reaching 392,862 deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement included more than 19,000 immigrants who had exited the previous fiscal year, according to agency statistics. ICE also ran a Mexican repatriation program five weeks longer than ever before, allowing the agency to count at least 6,500 exits that, without the program, would normally have been tallied by the U.S. Border Patrol.

When ICE officials realized in the final weeks of the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, that the agency still was in jeopardy of falling short of last year's mark, it scrambled to reach the goal. Officials quietly directed immigration officers to bypass backlogged immigration courts and time-consuming deportation hearings whenever possible, internal e-mails and interviews show.”