Record Number of Immigrants Expelled/No Reform in Sight

The Economist magazine published an article regarding the record number of immigrant deportations that have happened by the current presidential administration. Despite talk of immigration reform, immigrant families are still being torn apart in the millions:

America is expelling illegal immigrants at nine times the rate of 20 years ago (see article); nearly 2m so far under Barack Obama, easily outpacing any previous president. Border patrol agents no longer just patrol the border; they scour the country for illegals to eject. The deportation machine costs more than all other areas of federal criminal law-enforcement combined.

Along with this bad news are reports coming from the Senate casting doubt on whether immigration reform will even be a possibility this year:

Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday cast strong doubt that he could pass an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws this year, leaving it to President Obama to win the trust of his balking Republicans.

The comments came two days after Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate Republican leader, cited “irresolvable conflict” between the House and the Senate and said, “I don’t see how you get to an outcome this year with the two bodies in such a different place.”

Unfortunately it seems like a resolution to the immigration reform bill is nowhere in site. Immigrants will have to continue looking for the limited options available under current government programs.