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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Deportation of Parents of U.S.-Born Citizens

Categories: Children,Crime/Justice,Immigration/Migration,Statistics

http://www.lirs.org/atf/cf/%7BA9DDBA5E-C6B5-4C63-89DE-91D2F09A28CA%7D/ICE%20-%20DEPORT%20OF%20PARENTS%20OF%20US%20CIT%20FY%202011.PDF

This document covers the period between January 1 and June 30, 2011, when nearly 40,000 parents of U.S. born children were deported as illegal aliens.   2009 legislation requires the federal government to keep records on the number of deported parents of U.S. born children and what happens to the children.  From the Department of Homeland Security, posted by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service