{"id":13520,"date":"2017-01-13T15:18:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13520"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:04:06","slug":"apprehension-and-removal-of-illegal-aliens-a-revolving-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2017\/01\/13\/apprehension-and-removal-of-illegal-aliens-a-revolving-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprehension and Removal of illegal Aliens: A Revolving Door"},"content":{"rendered":"
Accounts of crimes committed by illegal aliens too often include the fact that the alien had been previously deported: often several times. The Border Patrol has been tasked with evaluating what is the rate of recidivism \u2013 the illegal return of those who have been deported.<\/p>\n
The Border Patrol calculation of the most recent recidivism rate is 14 percent. But a newly released study by the government\u2019s General Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that this is a woefully low calculation.<\/p>\n