In the first half of 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 46,486 aliens who claimed to have at least one  child born in this country, the agency reported a few days ago in a new report (PDF).

The table below shows the number of cases (not individuals) in which final orders were obtained against parents, broken down by region and sorted by total.

SOURCE: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Release on the report from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.