At 2.09 million, President Obama has removed more illegal immigrants in the first 5 years of his presidency than any other president has, even in eight. However, rarely noted is that this increase has been almost entirely due to a change in police procedure concerning deportations at the border. In fact, for the undocumented currently living in the US, there is far smaller chance of being deported under Obama. Moreover, the vast majority of recent deportations have only been instigated after immigrants were convicted of an unrelated crime, rather than via investigation by government agents.
At 2.09 million, President Obama has removed more illegal immigrants in the first 5 years of his presidency than any other president has, even in eight. However, rarely noted is that this increase has been almost entirely due to a change in police procedure concerning deportations at the border. In fact, for the undocumented currently living in the US, there is far smaller chance of being deported under Obama. Moreover, the vast majority of recent deportations have only been instigated after immigrants were convicted of an unrelated crime, rather than via investigation by government agents.