We'll have to see the details on how many had felony records. Last year the majority who were listed as criminals had only misdemeanor records, despite the government's claim that it was targeting serious criminals.
The Associated Press: Homeland Security touts record criminal removals: "About half of the nearly 393,000 people removed from the country during the past year were criminals, according to Homeland Security Department statistics." Oct. 6, 2010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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