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Three-country region in Central America
Deportation and returns from the United States shifted in volume and origin composition in 2024–2025 compared with 2019–2023: aggregate repatriations dropped from the 2023 peak while the share coming ...
Data compilations and reporting agree that President Obama oversaw very high numbers of deportations (often reported as “removals” plus “returns”), with multiple summaries putting the eight‑year total...
Receiving countries approach reintegration of deportees through a patchwork of reception services, targeted reintegration programs, and partnerships with international agencies, but coverage, quality ...
In 2020 the largest share of monthly U.S. border encounters came from Mexico and the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), with overall encounter totals depressed by the COVID-19 borde...
Government and independent datasets show that ICE enforcement disproportionately affects non‑citizens from Mexico and Central American countries — particularly the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Hondur...
Regional drivers in Venezuela, Haiti, and Central America were major engines of the big swings in U.S. border encounters across administrations: Venezuelan political and economic collapse fueled a sha...
The Obama administration inherited and debated a range of non‑custodial tools — broadly called alternatives to detention (ATDs) including community‑based case management, monitoring technologies, lega...
The Obama administration significantly expanded family detention beginning in mid‑2014, opening large family residential centers and increasing use of detention for recently arrived Central American m...
Available reporting shows that Mexican and regional criminal organizations exert substantial control and influence over many migrant routes — from the Darién Gap through southern Mexico to the U.S. bo...
Deportations fell to historic lows in FY2021 and then rose sharply through FY2024–2025, with Latin America—especially Mexico and the Northern Triangle—accounting for the majority of removals; DHS/ICE ...
Federal data and reporting show record numbers of unaccompanied migrant children entered U.S. custody after President Biden took office: HHS/ORR figures cited in multiple outlets report roughly 122,00...
Available government and research sources show large-scale removals in 2025 but differ on totals and country breakdowns; ICE and DHS publish removal tables while Migration Policy Institute estimates a...
Deportation activity in 2025 rose sharply and shifted toward broader geographic targets and increased interior enforcement: Mexico and the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) remain t...
Multiple 2025 data compilations and reporting show the largest increases in removals from the United States have been to , with Mexico typically the single largest destination by volume and the Northe...