What a difference an administration makes. Or rather, what a difference the media coverage of an administration makes.

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Those who claim U.S. President Barack Obama deported illegal aliens more “humanely” make the following assertions: a) ICE didn’t go into the streets under Obama; b) there were no street activists/protesters/agitators; c) ICE only deported those with criminal records beyond illegal entry or illegally overstaying; d) Obama’s deportation numbers largely include “returns” or those deported at the border; e) the Obama administration did not engage in “lawlessness”; and f) ICE and/or Customs and Border Patrol arrested only illegal aliens after first securing a judicial warrant.

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As for a), under Obama, ICE did go into the streets, including into the interior and into “sanctuary” cities such as Chicago. Watch Lost in Detention, a 2011 episode of the PBS Frontline program, where, for example, an illegal alien mother stopped in Illinois for making an illegal lane change was ultimately deported back to........

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