Obama's border-surge actions began in 2010

While it is being reported that presidential executive actions blamed for the current surge in young illegal aliens began in 2011, the Obama administration began suspending deportations a year earlier. The Obama administration issued two interagency directives in 2010 that prioritized the removal of certain illegal aliens above others and set the tone for prosecutorial discretion. The move coincided with a considerable increase in illegal aliens from Central American countries other than Mexico. A Breitbart.com timeline indicated President Obama’s executive actions on immigration began in 2011 with his announcement of “prosecutorial discretion.” A few months later, Breitbart reported, the U.S. Border Patrol documented “the first uptick in unaccompanied children at the border.” And the first recent uptick of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America reportedly took place not in 2011 but in 2010, with 4,444 arriving that year. The total was up from 3,294 the year before, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data....more