administration is deporting fewer illegal immigrants as the years go on. correspondent doug mckell way reports that flies in the face of what the president s people have been saying. reporter: a day after house majority leader eric cantor accused of president of quote no insince sincere desire to work together on immigration reform i wished him happy passover. reporter: the president said he then reiterated his concern about immigration to cantor. what s holding us back is house republican leadership not willing to go ahead and let the process move forward. reporter: as those recriminations were flying, the justice department released a report that cast a different light on white house claims that it has deported more illegal immigrants, 2 million, than any administration in history. the report finds that new deportation cases have been declining steadily since 2009 and judges are increasingly ruling against deportation. it confirmed earlier suspicions of vocal opponents.