Caution: Sarcasm ahead.
See this is just another one of those times when Trump and his support base get to say “I told you so.”
As is abundantly clear from the following chart, deportations of dangerous criminals dropped precipitously under President Obama as did deportations as a whole…
As Barclays notes, “President Obama deported over 2.7mn criminal and non-criminal immigrants; more aggressive than President Bush.”
Thank God for Donald Trump, otherwise this trend might have continued.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-deportations-20140402-story.html
Bush’s “catch and release” policy ended in 2006 when they changed policies. It would appear that in 2006 they began to count those caught at the border as being deported and they hadn’t been included previously. That seems to explain why Bush’s last two years are closer to Obama’s numbers. While Obama obviously wasn’t “weak,” comparing to Bush probably wouldn’t change Trump’s mind. He probably thinks Bush was weak on immigration too.
Well (more sarcasm ahead) we obviously need more $$$ spent on all our borders with all those aliens streaming in, “it’s out of control down there”. “Obama was a disaster on immigration”, I don’t know why I voted for the guy. That Obama always lying, cheating, tying everything up in court he would do anything to get elected…. Oh wait ….. bad dream …..
Hope Trump can enforce the law 100%.