Backgrounder: The Administration’s Progress on Immigration and Border Enforcement
In light of the current public discussion of the Obama Administration’s record immigration enforcement, we offer up the following background materials compiled in the last two months from years of work on this topic. While there is still more to be done, the Administration has made tremendous efforts over the last five years to secure the US border with Mexico, and to smartly prioritize enforcement resources for the removal of unauthorized immigrants with criminal convictions or who have recently crossed the border without permission.
- On Trust and “Enforcing the Laws” in the Immigration Reform Debate - A Response to Speaker Boehner, 2/6/14
Additional Resources:
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The Deportation Dilemma: Reconciling Tough and Humane Enforcement, Migration Policy Institute, 4/28/14
- Obama Will Grant Relief to Undocumented Immigrants. That's No Cause for Celebration, Fusion, 4/23/2014
- Performance Measures Suggest the Border Strategy May Be Working, Bipartisan Policy Center, 4/22/2014
- Moderate Dems Resist Obama on Deportations, Politico, 4/22/2014
- Court Deportations Drop 43 Percent in Past Five Years, The New York Times, 4/16/14
- Top Obama Adviser Cecilia Munoz Talks Immigration Reform, Fusion, 4/15/14
- Obama deporter in chief? Not quite, USA Today, 4/15/14
- The Current Record on Deportations: What Underlies the 'Eye of the beholder' Dynamic'?, Migration Policy Institute, 4/14/14
- Amid Calls to Halt Deportations, Progressive Group Defends Obama, Voxxi, 4/10/14
- Democratic Group Says the amount of Deportations Have Decreased Under Obama, La Opinión, 4/10/14, in Spanish
- NDN Defends Obama's Deportation Record, The Wall Street Journal, 4/9/14
- Have We Been Unfair to Obama on Deportations?, Fusion, 4/8/14
- High Deportation Figures Are Misleading, Los Angeles Times, 4/1/14
- Who Should Be Deported, Los Angeles Times, 3/27/2014
- Stuck in Immigration Limbo, Thanks to the GOP, Washington Post, 3/23/14
- Interior Immigration Enforcement by the Numbers, Bipartisan Policy Center, 3/20/14
- In 2013, 59% of Deported Immigrants Convicted of a Crime, Pew Research Center, 3/18/14
- Obama Meets with Immigration Advocates, Washington Post, 3/14/14
We hope you find these useful, and please reach out with questions.