Barack Obama was famously labeled “deporter in chief” by critics in the immigrant-rights community, even as enforcement-first advocates accused his administration of being soft on unauthorized immigrants. Which perception is accurate?

Aug 31, 2016 · As Donald Trump prepares to flesh out his immigration platform in a speech Wednesday, here are five things to know about how President Obama has gone about enforcing current immigration laws.

Jan. 21, 2013 -- When President Barack Obama took the oath of office four years ago, immigration reform seemed possible, if not a high priority on the president's agenda. But immigration took a backseat to healthcare and the economy. Reform went nowhere. Instead, Obama became a hawk on enforcement.

Dec 24, 2012 · Although President Obama supports setting a path to citizenship for many illegal immigrants, his administration deported a record 1.5 million of them in his first term. In addition, the latest...

Aug 15, 2019 · Under Obama, Immigration and Customs Enforcement highlighted stats that those arrested at the border were criminals. Most had broken only immigration laws.

Over the summer, DHS sent hundreds of Border Patrol agents and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to the Southwest border, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reordered dockets in immigration courts to prioritize removal cases of recent border crossers.

Jul 28, 2010 · The federal government under President Obama has steadily increased the deportation of illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it's on track to expel some 400,000...

Apr 15, 2009 · Now come four books, written or edited by scholars, that provide a wealth of history about the ups and downs of U.S. immigration enforcement; about the brisk evolution of the terms used to demonize immigrants in political debates over reform; and about Mexico ’s largely ineffective efforts to manage the northward rush of its workers.

Jan 8, 2015 · On November 20, 2014, US President Barack Obama used his executive authority to make sweeping, if non-permanent, changes to the US immigration system without legislative action by Congress....

On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced his Immigration Accountability Executive Action which would revise some U.S. immigration policies and initiate several programs, including a revised border security policy for the Southwest border; deferred action programs for some unauthorized aliens; revised interior enforcement priorities ...