Obama Deported 3 Million People

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   Readmikenowposted 2 days ago

   Why didn't liberals cry about due process then?
   
   I guess they have selective due process outrage.
   
   "Did President Obama remove more noncitizens from the U.S. than any other president in U.S history?
   
   Yes.
   
   Former President Barack Obama formally removed 3 million noncitizens from the U.S. over two terms – more than any other president in American history, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security.
   
   In comparison, President George Bush removed about 870,000 people; Bill Clinton, about 2 million; and Donald Trump about 1.2 million people during his first term. 
   
   The DHS defines a removal as a formal court order expelling a person from inside the U.S. Obama does not hold the record for returns, a separate statistic addressing individuals turned away at the border prior to entering the U.S.
   
   According to the Migration Policy Institute, immigration and enforcement policies and practices under the Obama administration focused on recent unauthorized border crossers and those who had committed crimes.
   
   When combining removals and returns, Clinton expelled about 12.3 million people, the most of any U.S. president overall.
   
   This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
   
   Sources
   U.S Department of Homeland Security Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
   Migration Policy Institute Obama Record on Deportations"
   
   https://elpasomatters.org/2025/02/13/gi … -removals/

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      Credence2posted 25 hours agoin reply to this

      The issue is due process, where is the evidence that either Obama or Clinton removed illegals without due process? What does your source say about that?:
      
      Does Trump bother to attain the necessary formal court orders?  that is the question and the distinction.
      
      Were they under the Democratic presidents just tagged and bagged without any recourse, that distinction belongs to Trump? The court will correct that misperception on his behalf, directly.

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 10 hours ago

   Every president has deported illegal immigrants.
   
   Only one president - the one convicted of felonies in a court of law - has done so by violating  the laws of the United States.
   
   See the difference?

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      Willowarborposted 10 hours agoin reply to this

      For Trump followers, if he says ignore the Constitution, that's what their going to do.   For most of these people, there is no red line. It is whatever he says on any given day.

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   Readmikenowposted 6 hours ago

   Under Clinton and Obama it was as easy as they had no paperwork proving they are here legally and then a deportation order is given.
   
   It was just that simple.
   
   It should be that simple.
   
   If you are here illegally you need to go back to your country.

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      Willowarborposted 4 hours agoin reply to this

      The immigration laws haven't changed since Obama... Executive orders have come and gone but the laws remain pretty much unchanged. Maybe it's time for reform?  A big beautiful immigration bill?  Republicans have the trifecta, why don't they do something to make permanent changes?  Instead of executive orders that the courts will just sweep away?

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