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   Nancy Pelosi and that Kenyan piece of shit she helped get into   
   office as president have no intention of obeying the laws of the   
   USA.  They should both be shot as traitors.   
      
   WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, who has postponed   
   until after Election Day his plans that could shield millions of   
   immigrants from deportation, is already on pace this year to   
   deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007.   
      
   According to an analysis of Homeland Security Department figures   
   by The Associated Press, the federal agency responsible for   
   deportations sent home 258,608 immigrants between the start of   
   the budget year last October and July 28 this summer. During the   
   same period a year earlier, it removed 320,167 people — a   
   decrease of nearly 20 percent.   
      
   Over the same period ending in July 2012, Immigration and   
   Customs Enforcement deported 344,624 people, some 25 percent   
   more than this year, according to the federal figures obtained   
   by the AP.   
      
   The figures, contained in weekly internal reports marked   
   "Official Use Only," reflect the marked decline in deportations   
   even as Obama has delayed announcing what changes he will make   
   to U.S. immigration policies. Immigration advocates widely   
   expect Obama to reduce the number of immigrants who are   
   deported, a particularly sensitive issue in many states. Since   
   Obama took office, his administration has removed more than 2.1   
   million immigrants.   
      
   There are two principal reasons why fewer immigrants already are   
   being deported:   
      
   —The Obama administration decided as early as summer 2011 to   
   focus its deportation efforts on criminal immigrants or those   
   who posed a threat to national security or public safety. Many   
   others who crossed into the United States illegally and could be   
   subject to deportation are stuck in a federal immigration court   
   system. Last month the backlog in that system exceeded 400,000   
   cases for the first time, according to court data analyzed by   
   the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse   
   University. For each case, it now takes several years for a   
   judge to issue a final order to leave the U.S.   
      
   —As Border Patrol agents detain more people from countries in   
   Central America, not Mexico, the volume and circumstances of the   
   cases take more time for overwhelmed immigration officials and   
   courts to process because, among other reasons, the U.S. must   
   fly such immigrants home rather than letting them walk back   
   across the border into Mexico. A surge in the number of   
   immigrant families, mostly women and young children, has swamped   
   temporary holding facilities, leading the Homeland Security   
   Department to release many people into the U.S. interior with   
   instructions to report back to authorities later.   
      
   Asked for comment, Immigration and Customs Enforcement   
   spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency has not released   
   removal numbers for this budget year and officials are "still   
   assessing a number of factors that inform ICE's ability to   
   remove individuals."   
      
   "ICE remains focused on smart and effective immigration   
   enforcement that prioritizes the removal of convicted criminals   
   and recent border entrants," Christensen said in a statement.   
      
   Also, under U.S. law, immigrant children from Central America   
   caught crossing the border alone can't be subjected to speedy   
   removal proceedings without appearing before a judge. The   
   government interviews Mexican and Canadian children to make sure   
   they aren't trafficking victims; then they can be sent home   
   quickly.   
      
   The administration instructed immigration officials starting in   
   summer 2011 to prioritize deportation cases involving criminal   
   immigrants. Deportations had been increasing since late 2008,   
   but since that summer the overall number has dropped markedly.   
      
   It remains unclear exactly what actions Obama will announce   
   after the elections. He said earlier this month the U.S. would   
   be better off if immigrants — who in some cases he said have   
   been in the U.S. for longer than 10 years and have American   
   children — "have a path to get legal by paying taxes and getting   
   aboveboard, paying a fine, learning English if they have to."   
      
   But there are limits under U.S. law to actions that Obama could   
   take without approval from Congress. He can't generally give   
   large groups of immigrants blanket permission to remain   
   permanently in the United States, and he can't grant them   
   American citizenship. He almost certainly could delay   
   indefinitely efforts to deport immigrants already in the U.S.   
   illegally, and he could give them official work permits that   
   would allow them to legally find jobs, obtain driver's licenses   
   and file tax returns.   
      
   The president said this month that a partisan fight in July over   
   how to address a surge in the number of immigrant children   
   caught crossing the border had created the impression that there   
   was a crisis — and a volatile climate for taking the measures he   
   had promised.   
      
   Amid the crush of immigrant families and children caught   
   traveling alone across the border, Homeland Security Secretary   
   Jeh Johnson has promised that most will be sent home.   
      
   "Those who cross our border illegally must know there is no safe   
   passage and no free pass," Johnson said in July. "Within the   
   confines of our laws, our values and our resources, they will be   
   sent back to their home countries."   
      
   As of early September, only 319 of more than 59,000 immigrants   
   who were caught traveling with their families have been returned   
   to Central America.   
      
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/us-   
   deportations_n_5806126.html   
      
         
      
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