Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement

UPDATED 11:20 AM EST, January 7, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — A report on immigration enforcement from a Washington think tank says the Obama administration spent more money on enforcement efforts in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.

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