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Bush administration immigration policy

The Bush administration's immigration policy, including worksite enforcement, employer sanctions, and targeted raids, and its impact on removals and community effects

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Jan 25, 2026
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how many illegal immigrants deported under presidents

Counting how many people were deported under any given U.S. president is fraught: official statistics use different categories (removals, returns, expulsions, repatriations), data are reported by fisc...

Jan 26, 2026
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How did Obama-era immigration enforcement policies change the number and profile of removals compared with previous administrations?

shifted immigration enforcement from broad, voluntary “returns” and workplace raids toward a system that produced higher formal removals, concentrated on people with criminal records and recent border...

Jan 24, 2026
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Did ICE arrest illegals at place of work under Obama

did arrest unauthorized immigrants at worksites during the Obama years, but the administration ended the era of large-scale, spectacle workplace raids and shifted to targeted arrests, criminal prosecu...

Jan 12, 2026

Which Obama-era ICE operations were criticized by immigrant advocacy groups?

Immigrant-advocacy groups criticized several Obama-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and DHS enforcement policies for being indiscriminate, family‑tearing, or procedurally unfai...

Jan 9, 2026

How did ICE raids change under the Obama administration compared to the Bush administration?

Under George W. Bush, ICE and predecessor agencies pursued conspicuous, large-scale workplace and interior enforcement—high-profile raids at meatpacking and poultry plants, expanded criminal prosecuti...