Many American citizens were also deported by mistake.
He was also deported from Colombia in May 2009 on the basis of an Interpol warrant.
Not only was the Clinton rug replaced with Mr. Reagan's, but Mr. Clinton's striped satin sofas were also deported.
Venezuela has also deported more 1,700 Colombians, hundreds of whom had refugee status or had requested it.
In 2010, Yaraneth Marin's father was also deported, after deputies acting on a court order rounded up several of her relatives at home.
Tellingly, a group of 158 Hmong who not only had been recognized as refugees by the U.N. refugee agency but also had been offered resettlement by Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States were also deported.
Labourers striking over poor terms and wages were also deported by a major contractor, Arabtec, earlier this year, while an annual report on the situation by the construction project's auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, expected in September, has yet to be published.
Mr. Obama offered the better, broader view on fixing immigration, though his own administration has also deported tens of thousands of noncriminals through a crackdown similar to Arizona's law.
