Immigration fact.

[buckman]

Nice spin Zimmy but not the full truth...

Illegal alien removals, FY2007-FY2011

Number
% change

FY2007
291,060
-

FY2008
369,221
+ 26.8%

FY2009
389,834
+ 5.6%

FY2010
392,862
+ 0.8%

FY2011 (1st 7 months)
222,312
- 0.8%(a)

a. From same period of the prior FY. Data source: ICE. PDF


To put that in words:

In FY2008 – George W. Bush’s last full fiscal year – deportations rose a whopping 26.8% from the prior year.
In FY2009—the last eight months of which were on Obama’s watch, deportations slowed to a 5.6% growth rate.
In FY2010, deportations fell still further—to a growth of only 0.8%.
In the first seven months of FY2011 (October 2010 through April 2011), deportations are running at 0.8% below the same period of last year.
As things stand now, FY2011 is on course to be the first since FY2002 in which deportations will decline.