Even though immigration reform<\/a> is supposedly flagged as a \u201cmust do\u201d for this year, one wonders about its success with the high rate of deportations.<\/p>\n The next four years are crucial for President Obama. He has been given the mandate, for a second time, to do something about immigration reform. Will it happen? Who knows. The fiscal cliff and its ramifications will continue to dog the nation for the foreseeable future, so immigration reform is in the backseat, once again.<\/p>\n More than this fact though, is the disturbing deportation numbers. In the first three years of Obama\u2019s initial term, deportation was an honorable thing to do, the right thing to do and the more the better, to the tune of 1.2 million deportations. The clear action of deporting so fast and so many was in clear opposition to the words of immigration reform. And today, we still have just \u201cwords,\u201d which is a (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even though immigration reform is supposedly flagged as a \u201cmust do\u201d for this year, one wonders about its success with the high rate of deportations. The next four years are crucial for President Obama. He has been given the mandate,…<\/span><\/p>\n