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EFerrari

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13. Seriously?

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 05:52 PM

Dec 2011

If you only count arrests at the border, arrests are down. Then, the wingnuts can spin it to Obama is soft on immigration.

If you count all arrests, arrests are not down. Then, wingnuts cannot spin it to Obama is soft on immigration.

So yes, the headline is misleading and it can be spun against Obama.

If that isn't clear to you, I can't help you.

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Feds: Arrests of illegal immigrants decrease dramatically [View all] alp227 Dec 2011 OP

They all went home to find jobs. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #1

I think most are staying home, too... a la izquierda Dec 2011 #4

It's the economy. I also noticed they were saying number applegrove Dec 2011 #2

NHTSA released the 2010 highway fatality report the other day... 3waygeek Dec 2011 #15

People are likely not going out for food or entertainment. The first thing to go during a recession. applegrove Dec 2011 #16

This is nothing to brag on--it's strictly the result of NO JOBS. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #3

I wonder if they count the arrests of foreign auto execs. nt DCKit Dec 2011 #5

NYT: ""unheralded changes in Mexico that have made staying home more attractive"" pampango Dec 2011 #6

This is a misleading headline because this article only talks about border arrests EFerrari Dec 2011 #7

sounds like overall deportations to me, not just those caught at the border n/t Bacchus4.0 Dec 2011 #8

Yes, that was my point. The headline says arrests are down EFerrari Dec 2011 #9

I didn't read it that way. Less people are trying or willing to try to cross so fewer arrests. Bacchus4.0 Dec 2011 #10

"Feds: Arrests of illegal immigrants decrease dramatically" is the headline. EFerrari Dec 2011 #11

you are the one that has the issue with the headline Bacchus4.0 Dec 2011 #12

Seriously? EFerrari Dec 2011 #13

seriously??? Bacchus4.0 Dec 2011 #14