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It’s a false narrative that Obama was soft on immigration and even earned the nickname “deporter in chief”. In some ways he was even harder than Bush during th
by tmpz22 2y ago
It’s a false narrative that Obama was soft on immigration and even earned the nickname “deporter in chief”.
In some ways he was even harder than Bush during the post 9/11 response.
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not
It’s astounding the regularity over the last 100 years that conservatives have used immigration narratives to fire up their base regardless of what statistical data shows.
- marcosdumay 2y agoIt's complex. Obama may have deported lots of people, but Trump famously used the same institutions to detain and torture minors indefinitely... Which of those is "harder" against immigration? It's the same issue that is happening now. Biden deported a lot more people, but he focused on people entering the US or caught doing something. Trump is deporting a low fewer people, but he randomly taking people from their homes, workplaces and schools. Which one do you think appears "harder" on TV?
- Nasrudith 2y agoSo in other words his supporters are a bunch of sadistic idiots who would rather see kindergartners tortured than a cartel member deported into custody because it means a hard tough man is in charge!
- marcosdumay 2y agoHum... Maybe it's more a case of rampant mathematical illiteracy all over the press and people paying more attention to extraordinary events. I really don't know.
- lmm 2y ago> Trump famously used the same institutions to detain and torture minors indefinitely Are you talking about the "cages" that were built under Obama and continued under every president thereafter, including Biden? Or what?
- marcosdumay 2y agoI'm talking about the policy of deporting the parents and keeping children detained waiting for the result of "refugee" requests that were never even filled. And no, Biden stopped that really quickly. The "cages" are the same whether you keep people there for a couple of days waiting for a flight back into their country or for months for no good reason.
- timewizard 2y agoObama left office more than a decade ago. Perhaps you should view this through the lens of the Biden administration. It's astounding the regularity that people bring Obama when they want to avoid discussing reality.
- deadso 2y agoThe comment you're responding to mentioned Obama because of the comment they were responding to brought it up. Here's a link for some numbers that include Biden: https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-deportations-removals-trump-biden-obama-compared-chart-2026835 https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-deportations-removals-tru... tl;dr: Biden seems to have deported more than any other president