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The enforcement shift under the current administration, including increased emphasis on deportation targets and policy steps to boost removals and arrests
Current expert estimates for the number of unauthorized (commonly labeled “illegal”) immigrants living in the cluster between about 11 million and 14 million, with alternative methods producing higher...
treats most immigration violations as civil, not criminal, matters: conduct like unlawful presence or overstaying a visa is handled through civil removal (deportation) proceedings with penalties such ...
Over the past decade immigration has been characterized by swings driven by policy, enforcement, and global events: total foreign‑born population rose to roughly 47–52 million depending on source and ...
faces a complex that is simultaneously a demographic shock, a law‑enforcement surge, and a policy choice about how many newcomers the country will accept and integrate; recent data show sharply lower ...
Demographers and analysts compare presidential-era immigration using several quantifiable metrics—, change in the foreign‑born population, border “encounters,” and enforcement outcomes like removals/e...
Counting how many people were under each president since 2000 is tractable only if one first decides what “deported” means: formal removals, voluntary returns, or expulsions under emergency authoritie...