deportations

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<p><strong>Program Director, American Friends Service Committee – San Diego</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Obama Administration officials this week touted their high record numbers of deportations – nearly 400,000 last fiscal year – as “smart and effective” law enforcement. It is neither.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rather it reflects a precipitous loss of moral ground by a Washington political elite that has lost touch with the political realities of communities for which it is supposed to be representing.</p>