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What's behind Obama's deportation numbers?
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Apr 7, 2014
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What's behind Obama's deportation numbers?
Some have questioned that figure and have pointed to data that shows that deportations are actually down in certain parts of the country and among certain groups.
A sign is seen during a news conference on immigration reform at the east front of the U.S. Capitol March 11, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) held the news conference to "demand that Congress and President Obama stop the senseless family-separation crisis that is gripping the immigrant community by passing immigration reform with a path to citizenship and stopping senseless deportations."
A sign is seen during a news conference on immigration reform at the east front of the U.S. Capitol March 11, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) held the news conference to "demand that Congress and President Obama stop the senseless family-separation crisis that is gripping the immigrant community by passing immigration reform with a path to citizenship and stopping senseless deportations."
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Some have questioned that figure and have pointed to data that shows that deportations are actually down in certain parts of the country and among certain groups.

Immigrant rights groups rallied in cities and in front of deportation centers across the U.S. this weekend, marking what they called an historic moment: 2 million deportations under the Obama Administration.

But some have questioned that figure and have pointed to data that shows that deportations are actually down in certain parts of the country and among certain groups.

For a look behind the numbers, we’re joined by Manuel Pastor, director of the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration at the University of Southern California.  

Some key findings: