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Comparison of deportation policies and numbers between the Obama and Trump administrations
Barack Obama did present a 2015 Presidential Rank Award to Thomas D. Homan — commonly referred to in press as Tom Homan — when Homan, then ICE’s Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Remova...
The count depends on the metric: using Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fiscal‑year data for formal removals (what many sources call “deportations”), the Obama administration oversaw more than 3 ...
Across multiple counts and definitions, Joe Biden’s administration has overseen removal totals that in raw aggregate exceed Donald Trump’s first-term totals and are comparable to or approaching Barack...
Barack Obama oversaw higher official removal totals than Donald Trump’s first term and, by multiple independent analyses of DHS data, was the largest deporter among recent presidents in raw numbers du...
The headline difference between the Obama and Trump eras is less about a single metric and more about priorities, legal mechanisms and public experience: Obama’s administrations oversaw larger totals ...
Available reporting shows the Obama-era removals were concentrated heavily on noncitizens with criminal convictions — rising from about 69 percent of removals in 2009 to roughly 94 percent by 2016 — w...
Anti-deportation protests during the Obama administration were sustained and varied in scale: local rallies often drew dozens to hundreds of participants, coordinated national actions produced scores ...
Using Department of Homeland Security definitions, available reporting and analysis show that interior removals (deportations of people living inside the United States) were substantially higher under...
Across multiple metrics, the Obama years saw higher aggregate removals and several annual peaks that exceed those recorded under President Trump, but the Trump administration changed enforcement prior...
Across multiple government-derived tallies and independent trackers, Barack Obama’s administrations recorded higher totals of deportations/removals and returns than Donald Trump’s first term and the e...
Across the three presidencies the story is one of shifting emphasis and of numbers that rise and fall depending on which agency is counted and which enforcement action is tallied: Obama oversaw very l...
Estimates and official counts show that the Obama administration oversaw higher annual removals at its peak and greater cumulative deportations across two terms than did President Trump’s first term, ...
A straight numeric comparison is messy: on raw deportation counts, Obama’s administrations removed more people overall, a fact reported by multiple data analyses , but the Trump administrations change...
The difference in public reaction to deportations under Barack Obama and Donald Trump reflects both policy choices and media dynamics: Obama’s administration removed larger numbers overall (reported v...
Barack Obama oversaw higher total removals during his presidency than Donald Trump, making him the leader in raw deportation numbers in recent decades ; however, Donald Trump’s enforcement policies we...
A clear numeric rivalry exists in public debate: most reputable analyses of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data conclude Barack Obama’s administrations oversaw more removals (deportations and r...