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Deportations by US Presidents

Comparing the number of deportations under different US Presidents, including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush

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Jan 17, 2026
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Which president deported the most people

The short answer depends on how “deported” is defined: by the conventional metric of formal removals recorded by DHS, Barack Obama oversaw the largest number in modern history (roughly three million f...

Jan 15, 2026
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How do deportation totals under Obama compare to other recent presidents when using consistent definitions?

Using the federal government’s longstanding “deportation” accounting — which bundles formal removals with returns/expulsions at the border — Barack Obama’s administrations oversaw higher totals than r...

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