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The Mexico–United States border crisis is an ongoing migrant crisis in North America concerning the illegal migration of people into the United States.. U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both referred to surges in migrants at the border as a "crisis" during their tenure. [7]
Between 2001 and 2008, during the Presidency of George W. Bush, about 2.0 million people were deported, while between 2009 and 2016, during the Presidency of Barack Obama, about 3.2 million people were deported. [4] During Donald Trump’s first presidency the number of undocumented immigrants deported decreased drastically. [5]
Immigration orders during the Trump-era were lower than either of Obama’s terms. Approximately 1.57 million and 1.49 million immigrants were removed in the fiscal years of Obama’s first and ...
The most recent major immigration reform enacted in the United States, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants, while also legalizing some 2.7 million undocumented residents who entered the United States before 1982. The law did not provide a legal way for the great number of low ...
Here's a timeline of Congress' failure on immigration since President Bill Clinton left office. ... The bill included harsher penalties for illegal immigration and would have classified people in ...
A 2002 study of the effects of illegal immigration and border enforcement on wages in border communities from 1990 to 1997 found little impact of border enforcement on wages in US border cities, and concluded that their findings were consistent with two hypotheses, "border enforcement has a minimal impact on illegal immigration, and illegal ...
The number of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. fell to its lowest level since the end of the Great Recession, a new study shows.
From the beginning of his presidency, Obama supported comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship for many immigrants illegally residing in the United States. [179] However, Congress did not pass a comprehensive immigration bill during Obama's tenure, and Obama turned to executive actions.