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Obama broke his promise to the Mexican community!
Of course that is probably something expected of politicians who will lie and say anything to get elected. Obama also lied to and sold out the the gays, pot smokers and anti-war folks to get their votes, so it's not earth shaking news that he also lied to and sold out the Latino voters. Obama administration sets deportation record: 409,849 By Alan Gomez Associated Press Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:02 PM For the fourth year in a row, the Obama administration set a record for the number of people it deported. In 2012, the total reached 409,849. President Obama has received a lot of support from Hispanic voters, who voted for him 71-27 percent over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in the November elections. But his deportation record has remained a major disappointment to immigrant rights groups throughout his first term. The number of people deported under Obama has risen in each of his four years in office, culminating in the record set in fiscal year 2012. “That’s a dubious accomplishment,” said Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, which supports a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11million illegal immigrants. “In reality, these numbers reflect the urgency with which our government needs to create a better immigration process. Instead of spending our limited resources on deportations, we need laws that strengthen our families, our communities and our economy.” Department of Homeland Security officials say the criticism is misguided, since they are not just increasing the number of people they deport. Over Obama’s first term, the department has increased the percentage of deportees who are convicted criminals or fall into other high-priority categories. During President George W. Bush’s last year in office, 33 percent of the people deported by the U.S. were convicted criminals. The Obama administration has increased that percentage each year, reaching 55 percent in 2012. In all, 96 percent of the people deported fall into Homeland Security’s priority categories, including recent border-crossers, repeat immigration violators and fugitives from immigration court. “While the FY 2012 removals indicate that we continue to make progress in focusing resources on criminal and priority aliens, with more convicted criminals being removed from the country than ever before, we are constantly looking for ways to ensure that we are doing everything we can to utilize our resources in a way that maximizes public safety,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said in a statement. |