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Nov 30, 2025
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Did President Obama deport illegals who didn’t have a criminal record

President Obama’s administrations oversaw millions of removals—already described in government and media analyses as “historic” totals—but his enforcement policy shifted toward prioritizing recent bor...

Nov 16, 2025
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which president deported the most amount of people?

Counting “most deported” depends on which measure you use: formal DHS “removals” (orders executed), border “returns/expulsions” (including Title 42) or the combined total of removals plus returns. Ava...

Nov 16, 2025
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How many deportations occurred under the Obama administration compared to previous presidents?

President Barack Obama’s administration recorded roughly 2.4–2.75 million removals (deportations) across his two terms, including a single-year high of about 438,421 removals in FY2013; annual removal...

Nov 25, 2025

What were the deportation numbers during the George W. Bush presidency?

Estimates of deportations during George W. Bush’s presidency vary widely in the available reporting: some pieces say “about 2 million” removals during his two terms (The Conversation) while others pre...

Jan 26, 2026

How many immigrants did President Obama deport

Counting the people who were expelled during presidency depends on definitions, but the best-supported totals put formal removals during his administration at roughly people, with a peak single-year r...

Nov 19, 2025

How did the Obama administration's deportation numbers compare to previous administrations?

Official tallies and multiple analysts show the Obama administration oversaw very high removal totals — often described as the largest in recent decades — with roughly 2.7 million removals across his ...

Jan 24, 2026

What oversight or court records exist for family transfers from Minnesota to Texas detention facilities in 2025–2026?

Public reporting confirms at least one high-profile family transfer from to a family detention center in January 2026 — a five-year-old and his father taken to in Dilley after an arrest in Minnesota (...

Jan 8, 2026

How did deportation numbers under Obama compare to those under Trump?

Aggregate figures reported by government and think‑tank sources generally show that Barack Obama’s two terms produced more formal removals than Donald Trump’s single term, with widely cited estimates ...