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Deportations under Biden

Deportations rose under President Biden through FY2024, with a record number of removals in FY2024 and changes in enforcement strategy and policy

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Jan 16, 2026
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Who deported more illegal immigrants trump, biden or obama

Joe Biden’s term has recorded the largest raw number of repatriations and returns when counting expulsions and administrative returns, but those totals reflect a different mix of “returns/expulsions” ...

Jan 17, 2026
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How has federal prosecution of 8 U.S.C. §1325 and §1326 changed across administrations since 2000?

Federal prosecutions under 8 U.S.C. §§1325 (illegal entry) and 1326 (illegal reentry) have shifted from a relatively constrained tool in the early 2000s to becoming the single largest category of fede...

Jan 15, 2026
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How have criminal‑alien deportation rates changed under Biden compared with the Trump and Obama administrations, by comparable metrics?

Deportation totals and the composition of those removed have shifted across the Obama, Trump and Biden presidencies: Biden’s administration has overseen high aggregate removals but a larger share have...

Jan 18, 2026

Biden expulsions

The Biden administration presided over a sharp shift toward border-focused repatriations—what many reports call expulsions or returns—resulting in millions of people turned back or repatriated during ...

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,...

Jan 8, 2026

What major policy changes or court rulings affected deportation numbers during Biden's presidency?

Two intertwined streams—administrative policy shifts (prioritization, moratoria, expansions of expedited removal and asylum restrictions) and high-stakes court rulings over those policies—drove much o...