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April 17, 2014 |
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How Marijuana Gets People Deported, In 5 Simple Charts By Alissa Scheller |
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Among all drug offenses that have provided the basis for deportations, marijuana possession has been the most common charge. An average of about 41,000 people with drug offenses on their records were deported each fiscal year between the 2008 and 2013, according to an analysis of deportation records by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. For about 6,770 of those deported in fiscal year 2013, the most serious violation on their record was marijuana possession. |
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