Jill Stein in OnTheIssues Fact Checking

On Immigration: FactCheck: 2.5M deportations counts removals, not returns

Jill Stein asserted that Obama deported "a record 2.5 million immigrants, more than any past president." Is that true? And why do Republicans claim Obama's deportation numbers are falling? Here's the relevant DHS Yearbook data:

Administration	Removals	Returns
Reagan 1st term	<0.1M	3.5M
Bush Sr	<0.1M	4.0M
Clinton 1st term	0.2M	5.2M
Bush Jr 1st term	0.8M	4.5M
Obama 1st	1.6M	1.6M

Stein's claim only looks at "removals": that means criminal deportations and people caught at the border. Stein is correct that Obama will reach 2.5M this year. The GOP is also "correct" because they look at the total including non-criminal "returns". Why cite one figure or another? Because Stein wants to demonstrate Obama's over-strictness, while the GOP wants to demonstrate his under-strictness! Source: 2016 State of the Union: OnTheIssues FactCheck Jan 13, 2016

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