The Obama administration deported a record number of illegal immigrants in 2010. Immigration policy was a huge factor in the presidential debate in Nevada on Tuesday. CBS News reports Mitt Romney was criticized by Texas Gov. Rick Perry for allegedly having illegal immigrants working for him on a landscaping job.
Deportation and immigration will be a relevant topic in the 2012 presidential election. Here is a look at deportation in the U.S.
396,906: Individuals deported from the U.S. from Oct. 1, 2010, to Sept. 30, 2011. That's the most in any one single fiscal year.
55: Percent of those deportations that had felony or misdemeanor convictions in the U.S. Around 1,000 were convicted of murder, 5,800 were sexual offenders and 80,000 were drug-related crimes.
1.6: Percent of deportation arrests that were U.S. citizens over the past three years. The Secure Communities program arrested 225,000 individuals from 2008 to the present. Of those, 3,600 were U.S. citizens despite their records being flagged for deportation.
18,013: Illegal immigrants deported in 1980. More than 719,000 people exited the U.S. willingly after being in the country illegally.
69,680: Deportations in 1996. More than 1.5 million illegals returned to their native countries without being caught.
114,432: Deportations in 1997. The reason for the sudden increase from year to year may be because of the Illegal Immigration Reform Act and Immigrant Responsibility Act, both in 1996. Congress streamlined the deportation process by combining the procedures of removal and exclusion. Exclusion means denying an illegal alien the right to enter the U.S. That counts as a deportation from the U.S.
260: Immigration judges in the U.S. All deportation cases must be handled by a federal judge. There are 59 immigration courts in the U.S.
280: Immigration judge positions available in the U.S. system. The Department of Justice started a hiring program in 2010 to increase the number of immigration judges because of a huge case workload.
1,750: Applications received for the hiring initiative. Only 120 of those got interviews. Even fewer will be selected to the bench.
1,023,888: Border patrol apprehensions in the U.S. in 2005 regarding Mexican nationals. That figure represents 86 percent of all border patrol arrests. More than 2,800 people were arrested every day at border crossings with Mexico in 2005.
William Browning is a research librarian specializing in U.S. politics. Born in St. Louis, Browning is active in local politics and served as a campaign volunteer for President Barack Obama and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill.
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