Despite “Unprecedented Surge,” 52,701 Fewer Illegal Aliens Deported in U.S in 2014

By Barbara Hollingsworth. Despite “an unprecedented surge of illegal border crossings in the Rio Grande Valley,” 52,701 fewer illegal aliens were deported during Fiscal Year 2014 than during the previous year, according to a report by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

There were 315,943 removals during FY 2014, down from 368,644 in FY 2013, according to the report, which was released by the agency on Dec. 19th.

The FY 2014 removal figure includes 91,037 criminals and 137,983 non-criminals apprehended “while attempting to unlawfully enter the United States.”

However, Houston’s KPRC-TV reported that only a small percentage of families and unaccompanied children who streamed across the border this summer were sent back to their home countries. (Read about the fewer illegal aliens deported HERE)

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24 States Continue Their Battle Against Obama’s Immigration Executive Actions

By Hans von Spakovsky. U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Southern District of Texas has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 9 on the request for an injunction filed by 24 states against President Obama’s immigration amnesty plan.

In a nationally televised speech on Nov. 20, Obama announced (and began implementing) the executive actions. The original lawsuit was filed on Dec. 3, and the states requested an injunction hearing by Dec. 31 “or as soon as practicable thereafter.”

The lawsuit claims that Obama has “unilaterally suspend[ed] the immigration laws as applied to 4 million of the 11 million” illegal aliens in the United States.

The states are requesting that Hanen find that the Department of Homeland Security directives implementing Obama’s plan violate the “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” clause of the Constitution, as well as various provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act because they are arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and were issued without regulatory authority or the required notice and opportunity for public comment. . .

Here are the 24 states involved in the lawsuit:

1.Alabama
2.Arizona
3.Arkansas
4.Florida
5.Georgia
6.Idaho
7.Indiana
8.Kansas
9.Louisiana
10.Maine
11.Michigan
12.Mississippi
13.Montana
14.Nebraska
15.North Carolina
16.South Carolina
17.North Dakota
18.Ohio
19.Oklahoma
20.South Dakota
21.Texas
22.Utah
23.West Virginia
24.Wisconsin
(Read more from this story HERE)

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