Report
Published May 24, 2007
Updated May 24, 2007
Mission Accomplished II: The Bush Record on Immigration Enforcement
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SUMMARY
An empirical look at the Bush record on enforcement of immigration laws.
This report updates a Third Way paper from 2006 (Heck of a Job on Immigration Enforcement). This study reveals that the enforcement of immigration laws during the first five years of the Bush Administration is down 30% from the last five years of the Clinton Administration, despite an increase in border personnel.
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