Exclusive–Chart: Deportation Budget Grows… While Deportations Plummet!

(Hat tip: KimR) - While the budget for deportations has grown substantially over the past four years, the number of actual removals has plummeted. A new chart and analysis from the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, obtained exclusively by Breitbart News, details the extent to which taxpayers are paying more and more for fewer and fewer deportations. Read more at Breitbart.com Read More......

DHS chief sad over deportations: 'Is it pleasant? Absolutely not.'

(Hat tip: KimR) - The nation's top immigration officer said that the "11 million" undocumented aliens in the United States are "not going away," are "in effect" citizens, and added that deporting the few the administration wants out is unpleasant. Read more at the Washington Examiner Read More......

REPORT: Every Deported Illegal Household Saves Taxpayers More Than $700,000

Advocates for mass-migration are using skewed financial claims to smear Donald Trump’s popular border proposals, which actually would help the near-bankrupt Social Security and Medicare programs. --For every illegal migrant household that leaves the United States under Trump’s plan, Americans would recoup nearly three-quarters of a million dollars ($719,350), according to 2010 data collected by Heritage scholar Robert Rector.-

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113 Republicans back lawsuit against Obama's immigration actions

Top Republicans in Congress on Monday >entered the court battle over President Obama's latest moves to ease deportations for immigrants living in the country illegally. --Texas and 25 other states have challenged the legality of the unilateral actions, arguing that the president overstepped his executive power with programs halting deportations and granting work permits to certain groups of undocumented immigrants. --The Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (Va.), are siding squarely with the states, arguing that Obama's action "changes the law and sets a new policy, exceeding the executive’s constitutional authority and disrupting the delicate balance of powers."

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House Votes to Overturn Obama Administration No-Deportation Policies

During debate on the Department of Homeland Security's appropriations bill, the House voted [to] cut off funds for implementing Administration policies that shield most illegal aliens from the threat of deportation. The 224-201 vote on an amendment sponsored by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) could be a harbinger of the difficulties amnesty proponents face in the coming debate over immigration reform. Read More at NumbersUSA... Read More......