Politics
In a sign of bi-partisan cooperation U.S. Speaker Boehner looking at ‘limited’ immigration reform
“These forced separations of families are excessive and has created a crisis that has resulted in more harm than good,” she continued. “The exercise of excessive deportation is inhumane and flies in the face of the values and morals of a nation established by immigrants for immigrants. We cannot allow this exercise to continue.”
In announcing the year-end removal numbers, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said Jamaicans were among the top 10 nationals deported in 2013.
Clarke said “many of these men and women have lived in the United States for practically their entire lives. “Many arrived here in their youth as children and, in many cases, entered the United States lawfully and were granted resident status,” she said.
