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The most defensible, widely reported figure for deaths in custody during the first year of ’s second term is — the highest total in more than two decades, according to multiple news organizations trac...
The short answer: multiple reputable reports and advocacy groups have reported that 56 people died while in custody during , but that number is not a single, uncontested official toll — it reflects a ...
Since January 2025 detention has grown rapidly and shifted geographically: , , , and have been the primary anchors of the expanded system, with Texas—particularly facilities—housing the largest daily ...
A straight head‑to‑head on deaths shows more reported deaths under the administrations than under , but the comparison is clouded by rising detention populations, incomplete reporting and agency pract...
Official counts and reputable summaries show that during Barack Obama’s presidency (fiscal years 2009–2016) there were more than 3 million formal removals (often reported as “deportations”), and when ...
The best available, peer-reviewed and government-linked analyses indicate that undocumented (illegal) immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native‑born citizens, with multiple studies finding s...
ICE agents do not have a general statutory power to make traffic stops for routine vehicle or moving violations; they may stop or detain people only when they have the requisite federal grounds—such a...
The simple numeric claim — 2.1 million, 1.6 million, 130,000 — matches reputable state estimates published by Pew and summarized in contemporary fact-checks, but those figures reflect the 2023 unautho...
The short, evidence-backed answer is: yes—independent government review and multiple documented cases indicate that U.S. citizens have been deported or removed by U.S. immigration authorities, though ...
Deaths in ICE custody have risen sharply in fiscal year (FY) 2025: reporting outlets and advocacy tallies put the count at roughly 20–23 deaths through late 2025, the highest annual total since the ea...
Reporting compiled by national outlets and advocacy groups shows a sharp and well-documented rise in deaths tied to U.S. immigration enforcement after the Trump administration’s intensified crackdown:...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Trump administration has publicly claimed that roughly 1.6 million people "self‑deported" (part of a broader figure of 2 million people who have lef...
The central, verifiable claim across recent analyses is that Congress approved an unprecedented package in mid‑2025 directing roughly toward immigration enforcement and detention, with major line item...
Available reporting shows wide disagreement about how many people the Trump administration has deported since he returned to office in January 2025: the Department of Homeland Security and White House...
Available reporting and government reviews show that ICE has in multiple past instances detained and—according to a 2021 Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding—deported U.S. citizens (GAO coun...
Available reporting and public-data reviews show no evidence that large numbers of unauthorized immigrants voted in the 2024 U.S. general election; documented or prosecuted cases are counted in the do...
The most consequential difference between the and approaches to was one of priorities versus breadth: Obama narrowed internal enforcement through formal priorities and supervisory review, while Trump ...
Available federal and independent reporting shows that only a minority of undocumented (commonly termed “illegal”) immigrants have criminal convictions: counts of people in ICE detention indicate roug...
Available reporting documents a high-profile / operation called in that officials say produced multiple arrests of noncitizens with criminal records, and separately describes a large narcotics tunnel ...
Multiple recent analyses converge on a clear finding: . National trend analysis shows that as the foreign-born share of the population rose from 6.2% in 1980 to 13.9% in 2022, the overall crime rate d...