>which doesn’t include the number of people who "self-deported"
But if you did include the number of people who "self-deported" then you'd find that the total number is not that great under Obama and in fact is lowest since 1970s.
Now, I don't know what these two numbers from DHS reports actually mean and the DHS does not tell me, but I find it peculiar that the number of "returns" under Obama decreased 10-fold, while the number of "removals" doubled. More peculiar that the "returns" had been pretty stable for the past 30 years too, the 2014's 162K returns only had been seen in 1968 before.
There is no such thing as "self-deportation" in the statistics. There are just "removals" and "returns". All the DHS tells is that one is through force (presumably a court decision) and another is not. If someone is turned at the border without a court decision, is it a "self-deportaiton", "removal" or "return"? My guess it's a "return" in these stats.
But if you did include the number of people who "self-deported" then you'd find that the total number is not that great under Obama and in fact is lowest since 1970s.
Now, I don't know what these two numbers from DHS reports actually mean and the DHS does not tell me, but I find it peculiar that the number of "returns" under Obama decreased 10-fold, while the number of "removals" doubled. More peculiar that the "returns" had been pretty stable for the past 30 years too, the 2014's 162K returns only had been seen in 1968 before.
https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2014/tab...