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Immigration

Dec. 28, 2011

Obama's immigration enforcement gets mixed reviews

With a third straight year of record-setting deportations failing to clear the way for immigration reform, the Obama administration announced a series of steps in 2011 to rationalize and humanize its aggressive enforcement efforts.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - With a third straight year of record-setting deportations failing to clear the way for immigration reform, the Obama administration announced a series of steps in 2011 to further rationalize and humanize its aggressive enforcement.


The steps center on authorities using their prosecutorial discretion to not enforce immigration laws in low priority cases, like those involving veterans, mi...

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