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Comparison of deportation numbers between the Obama and Trump administrations, including the differences in counting methods and priorities.
Counting how many "illegal immigrants" were deported under produces different answers because agencies and researchers use different definitions and datasets; using and independent analyses, the Obama...
A straight numeric comparison is messy: on raw deportation counts, Obama’s administrations removed more people overall, a fact reported by multiple data analyses , but the Trump administrations change...
The Obama-era pattern of ICE removals peaked early and declined toward 2016: exact, publicly reported removal counts for specific years are compiled in DHS’s Yearbook tables, with selective figures sh...
presided over higher recorded than and (by most datasets used by ) higher annual removal rates than , but comparisons are complicated by shifting definitions—“removals” versus “returns/expulsions”—and...
Short answer: by most official-count and independent-analyst measures, more noncitizens were removed or repatriated during Barack Obama’s two terms than were deported during Donald Trump’s terms — but...
The simplest, widely cited totals put removals under between roughly 2.7 million and 3.1 million people over his two terms, but the exact figure depends on which dataset and definition of “deportation...
’s eight-year presidency coincided with one of the highest volumes of activity in recent history: official government figures and multiple independent analyses put formal during his administration at ...
The epithet “” was coined in the public debate by immigrant‑rights critics and advocacy leaders to condemn ’s deportation record; one widely reported, attributable public instance came when , then pre...
under emphasized prioritization—focusing enforcement on convicted criminals and recent border crossers after 2014—while still overseeing large numbers of removals that generated controversy . Subseque...
Multiple government data trackers and news outlets report that oversaw more across his eight years than has through his terms so far, but the precise totals vary widely depending on definitions (remov...
Across multiple federal datasets and reporting, Barack Obama’s eight-year period (FY2009–FY2016) recorded roughly 3.1 million deportations (returns plus removals) with an especially high run of return...
Barack Obama presided over some of the highest annual deportation totals in recent decades, including a peak year in 2013 of roughly 400,000 removals and an often‑cited cumulative total of about 3 mil...
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 ...