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Immigration enforcement under different presidents

Comparing immigration enforcement practices and priorities under different presidential administrations, including Clinton, Bush, and Trump.

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Jan 12, 2026
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How many undocumented immigrants were detained by ICE during the Obama presidency?

Public sources do not offer a single authoritative tally of every person detained by ICE across the entirety of Barack Obama’s presidency, but the record shows millions of removals (formal deportation...

Jan 10, 2026

How many deportations occurred under President Barack Obama (2009–2017)?

The answer depends on which statistic is used: officially recorded DHS "formal removals" during the Obama administration (fiscal years 2009–2016) total more than 3 million, while many policy analyses ...

Jan 10, 2026

What policies guided immigrant enforcement operations under Obama versus Trump?

The Obama administration formalized prioritization rules that directed limited DHS resources toward recent border crossers, national-security threats and people convicted of serious crimes, and it aut...

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