Despite Record Deportations Under Obama, Hillary Closely Aligns With Obama's Policies:

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Bernie Sanders challenges Hillary on deportations:

“If my memory is correct, when we saw children coming from these horrendous areas of Honduras and neighboring countries, people who are fleeing drug violence and cartel violence. ... I thought it was a good idea to allow these children to stay in this country. That was not as I understand, the Secretary’s position," Sanders said at the Democratic presidential debate in Wisconsin.

Clinton, a former secretary of State, fired back that America needed to "send a message" to Central American families

Obama's words didn't do much for immigrants rights activists, who have taken to calling him the "deporter in chief"

the Obama administration is either flirting with or has crossed the 2 million deportation mark. It took George W. Bush, whose administration faced greater political pressure to clamp down on immigration, nearly two full terms to reach that number; Obama hit it in slightly more than one

"Any day now, this administration will reach the 2 million mark for deportations," said Janet Murguia, the head of the National Council of La Raza, when she criticized Obama earlier this month. "It is a staggering number that far outstrips any of his predecessors and leaves behind it a wake of devastation for families across America."

many deportations involve parents of US-born children. Between July 2010 and mid-October 2012, the most recent period with data available, people with US-born children were deported more than 200,000 times. In a March 2012 report to Congress, ICE estimated that about 100,000 parents of US-born children were deported between 1997 and 2007.many deportations involve parents of US-born children. Between July 2010 and mid-October 2012, the most recent period with data available, people with US-born children were deported more than 200,000 times. In a March 2012 report to Congress, ICE estimated that about 100,000 parents of US-born children were deported between 1997 and 2007.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/obama-administration-record-deportations


Jorge Ramos challenges Obama on Immigration:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jorge-ramos-grills-obama-immigration-action

Let's face it, Obama has used executive action before, so why not on immigration?

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1. Geo Group--Private Prison (donated to Hillary) Benefits from Record Immigrant Detention Boom

Private companies profit from U.S. immigration detention boom

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-immigrant-detention-20150424-story.html

The facility is run by GEO Group, a private company from Florida. GEO is contracted by the city of Adelanto, which signed an intergovernmental service agreement with ICE to house detainees.
Resources should go to help the children seeking asylum, not to grow private prisons.

the federal government has increased spending on immigrant detention, filling 14,000 more beds last year than it did in 2006.

Private prison companies such as Geo Group, which owns and manages the new facility, have profited from the boom.

Geo now runs five of the nation's 10 largest immigrant detention centers, at a cost of roughly $100 per detainee per day. It is expanding a 1,300-bed facility in the high desert city of Adelanto and doubling the size of a family detention center in Karnes, Texas.

Southern California's largest immigrant detention center to expand


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say private companies often do a better and more efficient job of housing detainees than the agency itself or the local jails it sometimes contracts with. They say ample detention space is necessary to house deportable immigrants who have been convicted of crimes, such as Ramirez, who served prison time for a felony conviction. Nearly 90% of the detainees at the new center have criminal backgrounds, said Erik Bonnar, assistant director for detention and removal operations in ICE's San Francisco field office.

Salvadoran immigrant held at Adelanto ICE facility dies

The Bakersfield facility looks more like a suburban office park than a prison, with only a bit of razor wire visible from the road, and a trimmed lawn and blue portico out front. It's next door to the Kern County Housing Authority. A used car dealership is across the street.

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2. She's trying to have it both ways.