Analyst's note:  Troubling, but not surprising.  Read the entire article and you will see that something has changed to create a confusing message to American citizen and illegal immigrant alike.

"While the Department of Homeland Security and the Obama Administration have been promoting the increased number of deportations of criminal illegal aliens, a new report by the Houston Chronicle shows that they may be quietly executing a 'backdoor amnesty.' The report from the Houston Chronicle says the number of deportation cases that have been dismissed by federal judges in Houston has increased by 700% over recent months.

The Houston Chronicle conducted a review of the court docket and found that 217 immigration cases were dismissed in August up from only 27 dismissals in July.[....]"