Citing official statistics from the Department of Homeland Security, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reports that immigration law enforcement is in “a state of collapse.” CIS noted that :
- Total deportations by ICE (including both border and interior cases) declined 25% from last year, from 315,943 in 2014 to 235,413 in 2015.
- Interior deportations by ICE declined 31% from last year, from 100,114 in 2014 to 69,478 in 2015.
- Most concerning, deportations of criminal aliens from the interior declined 27% from last year, from 86,923 in 2014 to 63,127 in 2015.
Read more at cis.org.