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Stephen A. Smith on Obama deportations

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What We Found

Stephen A. Smith did make the claim in a Politico interview.

DHS data show about 3.1 million formal removals in fiscal 2009–2016 (over 5 million counting returns).

In 2014, NCLR's Janet Murguía and other advocates called Obama "deporter-in-chief."

Sources

  1. politico.com (opens in new tab)
  2. ohss.dhs.gov (opens in new tab)
  3. snopes.com (opens in new tab)
  4. politifact.com (opens in new tab)
  5. npr.org (opens in new tab)

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