No such imperative existed in this case, which from the point of view of the authorities concerned an attempted lawful deportation carried out on behalf of the state, albeit by private contractors, in the public interest.
To understand why undocumented activists, immigration advocates and many Latino politicians are pressing so hard for an expansive relief from deportation, check out the infographic below.
President Obama has tried to convince us that there are good deportations and bad deportations, and that the more than 2m deportations carried out by his administration are mostly the good kind.
The Bulgarians still want billions in compensation for deportations carried out in 1913.
Ellison called on Obama, early last year, to curb the aggressive deportations carried out under his Administration.
Of the 370,000 deportations carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the fiscal year 2013, 235,000 were picked up near the border, detained and then removed.
The 350 Americans sent home in the first nine months of this year represented just over 1percentt of the 28,778 deportations carried out by Mexican authorities.
So-called "border removals" are at record levels, now accounting for nearly two-thirds of the 368,644 deportations carried out by ICE in 2013, according to a recent New York Times report that sparked plenty of reaction – but left an important bit of bureaucracy largely unnoticed.
She and other Sanders supporters frequently mention the record number of deportations carried out under Obama's watch and at times have called on Latinos not to vote for certain Democrats who they believe have blocked efforts to limit deportations.
