Frontline. : Lost in detention: President Obama's tough immigration enforcement. Lost in detention
Frontline. : Lost in detention: President Obama's tough immigration enforcement. Lost in detention
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More than one million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office. Deportations and detentions have reached record levels. The get-tough policy has brought complaints of abuse and harsh treatment, including charges that families have been unfairly separated after being caught in the nationwide dragnet. The administration has promised to the make the detention system more humane, and more selectively target the most serious criminals. But it faces Republican critics urging stricter measures - and a growing backlash among Latino voters, a key 2012 electoral force. Now viewers can investigate Obama's enforcement strategies and journey into the secretive world of immigrant detention, while getting a penetrating look at who is being detained and what is happening to them.
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