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The different methods used by the Trump administration for deportations, including Title 42 expulsions and expedited removals
Using the federal government’s longstanding “deportation” accounting — which bundles formal removals with returns/expulsions at the border — Barack Obama’s administrations oversaw higher totals than r...
From FY2017 through FY2019, the vast bulk of government‑counted deportation actions under the were formal removals and enforcement returns rather than expulsions, because the public‑health Title 42 au...
Donald Trump’s first term oversaw roughly 1.5 million deportations across 2017–2020 when counting removals and returns together, a level that earned him the “deporter‑in‑chief” label but that is compl...
Public tallies of deportations under President Trump vary widely because agencies, reporting projects and news outlets count different actions — "removals" by ICE, "enforcement returns" by CBP, volunt...