Hola to wannabe experts: Obama’s “record deportation numbers” disputed by people who actually study illegal immigration – MSM remains silent
The constant repetition of the premise that Obama has set some record for deportations of illegal aliens is a good example of the power and complicity of the liberal mainstream media to assist in not only spreading propaganda, but to help Dear Ruler get re-elected while supplying leftist bloggers and posters with “facts” to use in the barrage of comments designed to make it look like they have even a beginners level of knowledge on the crime of illegal immigration. They “know” only what they hear in “the news.” Hello Kevin Foley.
Obama’s 2011 campaign claim to have deported a record number of illegal aliens was happily printed by most of the friendly press and became “fact” because no national MSM reporter would delve into the truth or existing evidence. Including remarks from Dear Ruler himself.
But what is even more telling, the lefties will ignore “progressives” that slip up and let part of the truth out. For the thinking readers, I offer an
online copy of a 2011 Dustin Inman Society press release in which we challenged the media to explore the possibility of forming a committee to consider the possibility of having a discussion on actually covering a part of the story that may challenge Obama’s deportation shell game claims.
One part of the release: “
...King noted that Progressive Radio Network contributor and 'The Ticket' political reporter/blogger, Rachel Rose Hartman, recently reported on remarks made by the president to moderators during a Hispanic online roundtable - "Open for Questions"- hosted by Yahoo!, MSN Latino, AOL Latino and HuffPost LatinoVoices "Obama was asked to address an increase in deportations that has occurred during his tenure. He said the numbers are "a little deceptive"- apprehensions at the border are counted as deportations in the reported statistics, Obama said..."
The Heritage Foundation also
did some actual research and quoted U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith in disputing the claims:
The agency boasted the record-breaking deportation of 396,906 individuals in fiscal year 2011, labeling its recent efforts to combat illegal immigration a large success. Yet, according to a recent Politico article by Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX), the Administration’s numbers appear to be largely smoke and mirrors. “Take away the illusion,” Smith writes, “and the facts show that the administration conjures up its deportation statistics.”It appears that DHS has artificially inflated its deportation numbers by including figures on voluntary removals. What this means is that those individuals who agree to be returned to their home countries are counted in the same way as those who are ordered to be deported by the courts. Unlike when an individual is removed under deportation orders, those who leave under voluntary removal can apply to legally return to the United States without penalty.This “fudging” of the numbers comes on the heels of recent Administration decisions that have served to weaken immigration enforcement within the United States, including the reduction of worksite raids, an emphasis on criminal deportations, and an increase in the use of prosecutorial discretion…”Also, this newspaper covered the pro-enforcement side of the story with
this coverage.
Someone let me know if they found any of this in the Atlanta papers.
as a 5yer old, I resent the inference that Foley's Fooleries are at our level of maturity.
I like reading the names you call King when he shows yoiu up - then your posts that tell people not to call other names. Yoiu are a typical liberal, but on the low end of experience in hiding your lack of intelligence.
Neither can Foley keep a point. While he regards himself as smooth and slick, he can't see that the rest of the world does see he has no base - and that if you don't agree with Kevin Foley he will either start the name calling or imply that you are somehow whacko. Kevin: it is you who are that mindless oddball. And people laugh at you. And the MDJ keeps you here for a reason...Kevin you are the local joke!
I'm further flummoxed because I see and hear a lot about all sides of the immigration issue in the MSM including all the networks, the NY Times, Wash. Post, LA Times, Huffington Post, NPR and many other so-called "liberal" media outlets.
I was a newspaper reporter for awhile and I used to get calls from a guy who insisted the NSA had bugged his home and why wouldn't I write a story about it to let the world know?
Maybe the media regards you and Mr. King the same way.
But they couldn't have done it without the support of a mainstream media whose members are incapable of engaging in critical thinking let alone spell it.
I spent 30 years as print journalist in Chicago; markets of that size undoubtedly represent the "majors" of news coverage. So I say with some authority that the rules of responsible news reporting that I grew up with are not in play when it comes to "covering" immigration. They have been replaced by pure bias and bone-deep laziness.
Have any of you ever watched a cat while it is dozing? Notice how their ears always are twitching, picking up sounds in their environment?
So it is with good reporters ( a rarity these days), who, like cats, benefit from the use of their noses and eyes to pick up on things happening around them.
I apologize for taking so long to finally address D.A.'s concerns here about the media's failure to question the nonsense about Obama's "record" number of deportation, but here is my point:
When Obama himself publicly admits that these deportation numbers are a "little deceiving," why do the media, like one of Pavlov's dogs, continue to respond the same way to the lies thrown about by illegal aliens and their advocates?
Dave Gorak
Executive director
Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration
La Valle, WI
I enjoy to watch King allow you to make a fool of yourself. He cited a liberal report that says Obama admitted to "deceptive numbers" on deportations.
Try reading it again Foley.
...King noted that Progressive Radio Network contributor and 'The Ticket' political reporter/blogger, Rachel Rose Hartman, recently reported on remarks made by the president to moderators during a Hispanic online roundtable - "Open for Questions"- hosted by Yahoo!, MSN Latino, AOL Latino and HuffPost LatinoVoices "Obama was asked to address an increase in deportations that has occurred during his tenure. He said the numbers are "a little deceptive"- apprehensions at the border are counted as deportations in the reported statistics, Obama said..."
The fun part is that you can't alter what we see on the screen to suit your mindless anti-American agenda.
DA showed us a "progressive" source where OBAMA is the one saying his own "deportation" figures are misleading. King must enjoy watching you as much as I do. Geeez you people are dim.
King wins again.
Your faith in the New York Times and all the papers that follow its lead is most touching--and most unjustified. You see, the Times has a Mexican sugar daddy named Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world. Slim bailed out the Times with a loan last year, and now owns eight percent of the NYT Company stock
Carlos is a strong critic of the U.S. controlling immigration. Like most rich white Mexicans, he wants to dump poor dark Mexicans in the U.S. so that middle class and working class American taxpayers will have to provide for them.
Thus we can deduce one reason why the NYT has so little problem with illegal immigrants flooding the U.S. You know what they say about he who pays the piper.
No doubt Senor Slim and his fellow elites appreciate the assistance they receive from Americans like you, Libby. Without it they might actually have to spend a tad of their fortunes on their countrymen.
Today it's the "mainstream media," which he claims is colluding to "ignore" his crusade. Why, Mr. King can even cite "facts" from fellow Obama haters, the Heritage Foundation and Rep. Lamar Smith. Smith, BTW, thinks Obama's recent decision to allow young immigrants to stay in the U.S. is "against the law". Maybe Smith and Mr. King should swear out a federal arrest warrant and get Obama behind bars.
Mr. King should be THRILLED that nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrants have been deported on Obama's watch. Guess not.
How to confuse a conservative: Use logic, cite facts.
Have a nice day.