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Obama Immigration Policy

The Obama administration operated under the same immigration statutes but did not pursue a broad, prosecutorial approach that made separations routine.

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Jan 26, 2026
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How many illegal aliens have been deported under the Trump administration?

Official tallies and independent analyses disagree, but the best reading of available reporting is that has overseen deportations in its first year back in office, with precise totals varying by date,...

Jan 18, 2026
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What evidence do immigrant‑rights groups present about due‑process concerns in Obama‑era deportation procedures?

Immigrant‑rights groups argue that Obama‑era deportation practices eroded basic due‑process protections by expanding nonjudicial "summary" removals, accelerating proceedings, and detaining people in r...

Jan 11, 2026
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What were the implications of Trump's 'zero-tolerance' policy at the US-Mexico border, and how did it differ from Obama's handling of family separations?

The Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” directive led to the systematic criminal prosecution of most illegal border crossings, which produced thousands of family separations and a public-policy cr...

Jan 17, 2026

How did immigrant‑rights protests during the Obama years influence the creation and rollout of DACA and DAPA?

Immigrant-rights protests and advocacy during the Obama years helped create a political environment that elevated the plight of undocumented youth and pressured the administration to act after Congres...

Jan 17, 2026

https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/ice-arrests-clinton-obama-era-history-and-policies-b63b73”

The claim framed by the Factually link asks whether ICE arrests and deportations under the Clinton and Obama eras differ meaningfully from later administrations; reporting shows Obama-era policy narro...

Jan 13, 2026

How do removal totals under Clinton compare, year-by-year, to those under subsequent administrations?

Bill Clinton’s two-term record is often cited as the largest in raw “deportation” numbers, but that headline hides a crucial distinction: the vast majority of the movements recorded under Clinton were...

Jan 11, 2026

How did deportation rates for families and children differ under Obama across nationalities?

Under Obama, formal removals were high overall and enforcement was reoriented toward convicted criminals and recent border crossers, producing large deportation totals while also prompting targeted re...