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Comparison of deportation numbers between the Trump and Biden administrations, including the methods of deportation and the agencies involved
Across multiple government and think‑tank counts, the number depends on what is being counted: strict “removals” (formal deportation orders) totaled roughly the mid‑hundreds of thousands in Biden’s la...
Official and public estimates of how many immigrants were deported during ’s most recent presidency vary widely: the and statements tout figures in the hundreds of thousands — including specific talli...
during the presidency rose sharply in 2023–2024 to levels not seen in nearly a decade, with fiscal‑year 2024 recording a near‑record wave of removals that in many measures exceeded totals under the fi...
Across multiple datasets and reporting windows, presided over higher aggregate departures (driven largely by voluntary “returns” at the border) than ’s first term and, depending on the metric and time...
The claim that “ has deported more immigrants than any other president” does not hold up against contemporary reporting: across modern presidencies, Trump has overseen large numbers of removals but no...
Border apprehensions and "encounters" under the second administration fell sharply compared with -era daily averages, according to and statements , while interior enforcement— arrests and detentions—r...
Barack Obama’s two terms oversaw deportation totals that rank as the highest in recent U.S. history, with public sources reporting roughly 2–3 million removals or deportations during 2009–2016, though...
Official records and independent analysts show that (more precisely “removals” and expulsions counted by CBP and ICE) during ’s first presidential term did not reach the tens of millions he sometimes ...
The answer depends on which presidency and which metric are being cited: during ’s first term (2017–2021) commonly cited tallies put removals at roughly 1.5 million over four years (an MPI comparison)...
When compared apples-to-apples — isolating (deportations that originate from inside the , not border returns or expulsions) — the evidence shows a genuine shift in emphasis under the second administra...
Public figures for under ’s second term diverge sharply depending on the source: press releases assert hundreds of thousands of removals and millions “left” the country (combining removals and volunta...
The short answer: yes—Trump’s deportation methods are materially different from Obama’s in priorities, tactics, and legal framing, though not always in total removals; Obama prioritized certain catego...