Cracks me up that so many actually believe we never had illegals until Obama was elected.
I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I've heard about illegals - and the problems associated with them - for as long as I can remember (several decades).
the fact that Obama has deported more than any other president
By which metric was that "fact" determined? Was it his number of exclusions, deportations, removals, returns, expedited removals, or formal removals?
Because of changing terminology, it's difficult to draw a
direct comparison between 0's numbers and any other presidents'.
Before 1996, there was a distinction between those who were "excluded", or prevented from entering the U.S., and those who were actually "deported", or removed from the U.S. after they were already here. After 1996, both procedures were combined under the term "removal" and the old terms removed from usage. Another change is that immigrants who were apprehended at the border and prevented from entering the U.S. were part of a category called "voluntary departure", which was changed to "returns" in 2006.
The only category that carries
any penalty at all is "formal removal" (what I consider closest to classic deportation), which entails a courtroom, a judge, and transport back to the country of origin. This results in not being
legally able to re-enter the U.S. for 5-20 years, but doesn't mean that they won't come back. "Expedited removals" are similar, but there is no court appearance involved, no bar to re-entry, and no meaningful discouragement from returning to the U.S. at a later date.
increased Border Patrol on our 2000 mile long border to more than 18,500
That's all well and good, but with the new "must retreat" rules of engagement they're saddled with, it wouldn't matter if there were
1,850,000 agents - they would still be ordered by policy to run away from any hostile encounters, including rock-throwers.
And yet, McConnell is currently...
McConnell is a spineless RINO; if there were any justice at all in the world, he'd be dumped, along with Boner, on the dungheap of history.