Timeline: Border Surge Began a Few Months After Obama’s First Executive Action on Immigration

by John Sexton President Obama’s executive actions on immigration did not begin with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in mid-2012. It began in 2011 with his announcement of “prosecutorial discretion” on deportations. A few months later the border patrol noted the first uptick in unaccompanied children at the border. There has been an ongoing […]
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