[Robert A Cook PE]

Apprehensions at the border are counted as deportations in the reported statistics, Obama said, so the uptick in deportations is caused by “more effective” border control, not by deportations of otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants. “

Lest any of his Hispanic slaves (er, voters) think Obama is actually trying to enforce the laws.

[dennisw]

Apprehensions at the border are counted as deportations in the reported statistics, Obama said

I post this all the time. The big deportation numbers of 400,000 a year or so. 97% of that number is simply Mexicans caught at the border and sent back (by bus) to Mexico. It is not Jose the habitual drunk driver in Minneapolis being deported back to Mexico. Or a Chinese cook found selling cocaine being deported back to China. Real deportations via airplane are expensive and too much of a hassle for the Federales to arrange. They do happen but rarely.

[gardencatz]

Oh, they’re probably just attending their children’s college education in Texas.

Cindie