Fact check: How many legal residents has trump deported

1. Summary of the results

The analyses reveal that none of the sources provide a specific number of legal residents deported by Trump. Instead, the available data focuses on broader deportation and arrest statistics without distinguishing between legal and undocumented residents.

Key statistics from the sources include:

• ICE arrested over 95,000 individuals in the first five months of the Trump administration, with 44% having criminal convictions, 34% having pending charges, and 23% having no criminal history ^[1]
• Over 38,000 migrants with criminal convictions were arrested by ICE agents ^[1]
• Monthly deportation figures show 11,000 migrants in February, 12,300 in the first four weeks of March, and 17,200 in April, but these don't specify legal status ^[2]
• The Trump administration aims to deport 1 million immigrants per year and is working to terminate programs that could affect over 500,000 people ^[3]

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original question assumes that Trump has deported legal residents, but the analyses reveal several important contextual gaps:

• The distinction between "legal residents" and other immigration categories is not clearly addressed in the available data. The sources discuss deportations and arrests broadly without specifying legal status ^{[2] [4] [1]}
• There has been a documented shift in enforcement strategy - while Trump initially promised to deport the "worst of the worst" criminal immigrants, the administration is now detaining undocumented workers with no serious criminal record ^[5]
• The administration is actively creating more undocumented people by terminating legal programs like the CHNV parole program, which could lead to the deportation of over 500,000 people who previously had legal status ^[3]
• Public perception data exists regarding Trump's deportation policies, but the sources don't provide specific numbers that would answer the original question ^[4]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original question contains an implicit assumption that may be misleading:

• The question presupposes that Trump has deported legal residents without establishing whether this has actually occurred. The available analyses do not provide evidence of legal residents being deported, only broader deportation and arrest statistics ^{[2] [4] [1] [5] [3]}
• The framing conflates different categories of immigrants - the sources show that enforcement has expanded beyond criminal immigrants to include those with no criminal history, but this doesn't necessarily mean legal residents are being targeted ^[1]
• The question may be based on incomplete understanding of how immigration enforcement works, as the sources indicate that the administration's strategy involves changing people's legal status first (through program terminations) rather than directly deporting those with current legal status ^[3]