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tmpz22last Wednesday at 3:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

It’s a false narrative that Obama was soft on immigration and even earned the nickname “deporter in chief”.

In some ways he was even harder than Bush during the post 9/11 response.

www.migrationpolicy.org/article/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not

It’s astounding the regularity over the last 100 years that conservatives have used immigration narratives to fire up their base regardless of what statistical data shows.


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timewizardlast Wednesday at 7:49 PM

Obama left office more than a decade ago.

Perhaps you should view this through the lens of the Biden administration.

It's astounding the regularity that people bring Obama when they want to avoid discussing reality.

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marcosdumaylast Wednesday at 4:17 PM

It's complex.

Obama may have deported lots of people, but Trump famously used the same institutions to detain and torture minors indefinitely... Which of those is "harder" against immigration?

It's the same issue that is happening now. Biden deported a lot more people, but he focused on people entering the US or caught doing something. Trump is deporting a low fewer people, but he randomly taking people from their homes, workplaces and schools. Which one do you think appears "harder" on TV?

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