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![Barack Obama: FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting on immigration hosted by Telemundo and MSNBC, at Florida International University in Miami. New government figures show deportations of immigrants in the United States illegally have declined for the third consecutive year. The figures obtained by The Associated Press show that the Obama administration deported just over 231,000 people during the past 12 months ending September 28.]({"default":{"load":"default","w":"73","h":"49","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAf9xw4.img?h=486&w=728&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1228&y=495"},"size3column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"42","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAf9xw4.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1228&y=495"},"size2column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"42","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAf9xw4.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1228&y=495"}})
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to government figures obtained by The Associated Press.
Deportations of criminal immigrants have fallen to the lowest levels since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, despite his pledge to focus on finding and deporting criminals living in the country illegally.
The overall total of 231,000 deportations generally does not include Mexicans who were caught at the border and quickly returned home by the U.S. Border Patrol. The figure does include roughly 136,700 convicted criminals deported in the last 12 months. Total deportations dropped 42 percent since 2012.
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