The numbers dont lie, but anti-immigration radicals do - By Jennifer Rubin

[DonViejo]

December 27 at 1:00 PM

Anti-immigration advocates, including Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), have long peddled in phony facts and misleading rhetoric to support their objection to both legal and illegal immigration. In essence, they’ve tried to construct an economic justification for their objection to non-white immigration. The arguments never held up; now the numbers tell us their economic rationale is baseless.

Some of their allegations are easily debunked. Immigrants are not “pouring” over the border. And President Obama dramatically increased the number of deportations:

Between 2009 and 2015 his administration has removed more than 2.5 million people through immigration orders, which doesn’t include the number of people who “self-deported” or were turned away and/or returned to their home country at the border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). … The Obama administration has deported more people than any other president’s administration in history. In fact, they have deported more than the sum of all the presidents of the 20th century.

Contrary to President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric, the focus has been on violent criminals. (“In fiscal year 2015, 91 percent of people removed from inside the U.S. were previously convicted of a crime.”)

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[The Polack MSgt]

1. Now she tells some truth about President Obama?

Go to hell Jennifer. You were hip deep in the lying pool for 8 years.

Retroactive "truthiness" buys you no slack from me

[Angry Dragon]

2. Facts don't mean anything to republicans

[Cicada]

3. I always thought Jennifer Rubin was a Republican hack

I guess I was wrong. She is steadfast in refuting some Republican lies. She is steadfast in shredding a lot of Trump's lies and Trump's evil ways.