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Deportation methods

The different methods of deportation, including formal removals and voluntary self-deportations.

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Jan 13, 2026
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HOW MANY DEPORTED DURING TRUMP ERA

Official counts and independent trackers disagree, but available reporting shows two different answers depending on which “Trump era” is meant: Migration Policy Institute places deportations in Trump’...

Jan 16, 2026
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number of deportations under Biden

The short answer is: there is no single undisputed “number of deportations under Biden” because agencies and reporters use different definitions and timeframes—official counts range from roughly 1.1 m...

Jan 21, 2026

How do deportation rates and procedures under Obama compare quantitatively to the Bush and Trump administrations?

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...

Jan 20, 2026

how many have gotten deported under trump admin

Official and media counts of deportations under President Trump’s second-term administration diverge widely: administration releases and DHS statements tout totals ranging from roughly 139,000 in the ...

Jan 19, 2026

What were annual trends in removal classifications (expedited, reinstatement, formal removal) across the Obama administration fiscal years?

Across President Obama’s fiscal years, total deportation figures—driven largely by “removals” rather than informal “returns”—showed a high sustained volume with shifts in how removals were carried out...

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 ...

Jan 8, 2026

immigrant deportation stats for obama biden and trump

Public counts of deportations differ sharply depending on definitions and timeframes: some sources count "removals" only, others add "returns" or Title 42 expulsions, producing totals that make Obama,...