According to a , most Americans think undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country — but, nearly half of them also say they are satisfied with the recent rise in deportations.
The country's annual deportation rate has been on a sharp rise throughout the past decade, reaching a record high of almost 420,000 cases in 2012. Between 2009 and 2012, from the country — that's almost the total number of deportations that took place under former-President George W. Bush's two terms in office.
