Even though Obama cracked down heavily on immigrants, he was a reluctant enforcer (at least publicly). He claimed to ramp up enforcement in order to unlock immigration reform.

President Obama issued his strongest call for overhauling a “broken immigration system” Tuesday along the U.S.-Mexico border, urging a largely disinterested Congress to pass legislation he ...

[1/16]U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on immigration reform at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, January 29, 2013.

Through Obama's first four years in office, 1.59 million people have been deported, including nearly 410,000 in fiscal year 2012, according to ICE statistics.

It's probably a long shot, but some House Republicans are actually interested in bipartisan immigration reform again.

But Bush, who has been one of Romney's foremost critics on his handling of immigration and his efforts to diversify his base of support to include Latinos and Asian-Americans, has a different take.

Obama and the Democrats in Congress at the time also failed to pass immigration reform. The precedent Obama set with his immigration enforcement and the failure to enact substantial immigration ...

One can certainly judge Obama’s approach as immoral, destructive, and ultimately useless (immigration reform was never achieved), but the “means-to-an-end” strategy is how the former ...

Obama and the Democrats in Congress at the time also failed to pass immigration reform. The precedent Obama set with his immigration enforcement and the failure to enact substantial immigration ...