The Obama Administration has sent mixed messages regarding illegal immigration. Truth be told, they are soft on it. This is clear when you note they are suing Arizona for basically trying to enforce Federal policy at the state level.
Recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has upped their efforts to deport illegals with criminal (more than that pesky illegal entry crime) records. Task force teams have been increased from 104 to 129, and each team has a goal of arresting 50 suspects a month. Ths is GOOD!
The Administration is playing a game, but the results are in the favor of the American public. It's no secret they don't care about mostly law-abiding illegals being in the country. The perception, likely true, is that it helps them with the Hispanic vote. (Let's hope we are only talking legal Hispanic votes. I'd like to believe the illegals aren't voting... although I'm not so sure.) But from what I've read, deportations are up over the Bush Administration. And while I support deporting ALL illegals, who can really argue with a priority of deporting the worst criminals?
So, while I want to see all illegals acknowledged and dealt with appropriately, I will give props to the current administration for increasing deportations, regardless of the motivation.
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