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U.S. deportations in 2025

Reports of a dramatic uptick in U.S. removals in 2025, with estimates ranging from 56,000 to 340,000 deportations, and cases of U.S. citizens being detained or removed in error

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Jan 16, 2026
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How many Europeans have been deported

The question “How many Europeans have been deported” cannot be answered with a single, authoritative number from the provided reporting because official EU statistics and many media reports track “thi...

Jan 15, 2026
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What are independent estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population in 2024 and how do they affect cost calculations?

Independent, academic and advocacy sources place the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population in divergent but overlapping ranges that matter enormously for any cost estimate: conservative residual-meth...

Jan 20, 2026

How many illegal aliens during Trump administration

The number of people in the United States without authorization during the Trump administration is not a single settled figure in the public record; estimates and counts vary by metric — apprehensions...

Jan 14, 2026

How do self‑deportations factor into official removals statistics and projections?

Self‑deportations—variously described by officials as “voluntary departures” or framed politically as people leaving under enforcement pressure—are being folded into public tallies of people who have ...

Jan 12, 2026

how many illegals in the United States for more than 5 years have b een deported

There is no authoritative public count of how many people who had lived in the United States for more than five years were deported; available federal data and independent trackers report removals and...

Jan 11, 2026

How did the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act change deportation procedures?

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) fundamentally rewrote how the United States removes noncitizens by streamlining and accelerating removal procedures, ex...