How many Somali immigrants were deported from the US each year since 2020?
Executive summary
Available reporting and government data in the provided sources do not include a year‑by‑year count of Somali nationals deported from the United States since 2020; official ICE/ DHS public statistics cover removals by citizenship but no specific yearly Somali deportation totals are cited in these sources (available sources do not mention annual Somali deportation counts) [1] [2]. News outlets and advocacy groups report policy shifts and targets — e.g., lists of Somali nationals flagged for removal (4,090 cited in some outlets) and actions to end Temporary Protected Status affecting roughly 700 people — but those are programmatic or projected figures, not documented annual removals by year [3] [4] [5].
1. No single public tally in these sources — what the government publishes
The Department of Homeland Security and ICE publish enforcement and removal statistics and monthly tables, but the excerpts in the materials provided do not include a simple table listing "Somali deportations per year since 2020"; the ICE statistics site describes removal authorities and Title 42 expulsions but the present documents do not extract Somali‑by‑year removal totals [1] [2]. Available sources do not mention a year‑by‑year Somali deportation series.
2. Reported counts that appear in news coverage are not the same as annual removals
Several news and regional outlets cite specific counts in related contexts — for example, multiple reports repeat a figure of 4,090 Somali nationals “marked for deportation” or on non‑detained removal lists — but those are snapshots of people facing removal or on enforcement lists, not a verified annual number of removals completed each year since 2020 [3] [6]. Journalistic repetition of such figures can create the impression of a deportation total when the underlying data are different.
3. TPS and programmatic numbers matter for context but are small
When discussing Somalis in the U.S., coverage highlights Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the small number it covered: independent reports put Somalis with TPS at about 700 nationwide or roughly 500–705 in various accounts — these numbers demonstrate that programmatic protections affected a limited cohort and therefore do not equate to the full deportation counts many stories imply [4] [5] [7]. Ending TPS would make certain people deportable, but that is a legal change and not the same as an executed removal tally [8].
4. Policy shifts and enforcement operations increase reporting but not transparency
Recent reporting documents stepped‑up enforcement plans (e.g., "strike teams" targeting Minnesota) and presidential actions terminating TPS protections, which generate headlines about removals and deportation drives; the sources show policy intent and operational plans but do not translate into an audited annual removal figure for Somali nationals since 2020 [9] [8] [10]. Media accounts emphasize political motives and local impacts; the underlying DHS/ICE public tables would be the place to find precise counts if released [1] [2].
5. Competing narratives in the sources — enforcement vs. community impact
Government and conservative outlets emphasize enforcement, lists of people eligible for removal, and claims of criminality; civil‑rights and local leaders emphasize the small TPS population, potential family separations, and community targeting [3] [5] [11]. The sources show a political agenda on both sides: enforcement actors frame removals as law enforcement priorities, while advocates frame policy moves as targeted and harmful to largely settled communities [8] [5].
6. What a precise answer would require and where to look
To produce a true year‑by‑year deportation count for Somali nationals since 2020, one would need DHS/ICE removal statistics disaggregated by citizenship and year (removals completed, not just cases or lists). The provided DHS/ICE pages and the OHSS monthly tables are the correct repositories, but the excerpts here do not present that disaggregation; thus, "available sources do not mention annual Somali deportation counts" and further retrieval from ICE/DHS datasets is required [1] [2].
Limitations and next steps: the sources supplied include news snapshots, policy announcements and program counts (TPS), but not a validated, year‑by‑year Somali removal series. If you want, I can (a) extract the latest ICE/DHS removal-by‑nationality tables if you provide the datasets or links to the specific DHS yearly removal tables, or (b) prepare a timeline showing reported enforcement actions and policy changes affecting Somalis from 2020–2025 based on the news items in the sources above [1] [8] [9].