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The accuracy of deportation statistics, including the number of deported aliens with criminal records.
deported millions of noncitizens during ’s two terms—official “removals” totals are commonly cited as roughly 2–3 million—but the number of U.S. citizens actually deported during the Obama era is not ...
There is no single, authoritative figure in the provided reporting that isolates how many of the -era “deportations” were strictly turn‑backs at the border; the public sources show that statistics dis...
uses distinct categories in its public reporting: "removals" (often called in everyday language), "returns," and "Title 42 expulsions," which together DHS aggregates as "repatriations"; meanwhile, "se...
The simplest, widely cited tally is that about 1.5 million people were removed (deported or returned) during Donald Trump’s first four‑year term (2017–2020), a total used by migration experts to compa...
Data-driven reviews from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC/Syracuse), and reporting by the New York Times converge on a complex portrait of Oba...
Different government datasets and independent analyses produce sharply different answers to “,” because agencies count different populations (border vs. interior removals), use different definitions (...
The available records and reporting show that oversaw roughly half a million to more than 600,000 removals in its first year, depending on which government statement or independent count is used (: ~6...
’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 ...
shows high overall counts early in his tenure and a shift in toward criminals and recent border crossers, but the precise year‑by‑year split between “criminal” and “non‑criminal” removals depends on w...
Past administrations’ choices about what to count, when to publish, and which categories to emphasize have repeatedly reshaped public understanding of how many people were “” — a difference driven by ...
The most authoritative annual deportation totals come from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) Yearbook and its monthly Immigration Enforcement and Lega...
The authoritative sources for annual deportation statistics and breakdowns by criminal-conviction type are the Department of Homeland Security’s statistical arm (Office of Homeland Security Statistics...