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Comparing the number of deportations during the presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump
By the most widely cited counts through 2025, ’s two terms oversaw more total (removals plus ) than ’s presidencies to date, though the gap narrows or reverses depending on which categories—formal rem...
Barack Obama’s administrations carried out roughly 2.7–3.0 million formal removals (“deportations”) over his two terms, and when returns (voluntary departures) are included some counts place the total...
Barack Obama’s two terms oversaw deportation totals that rank as the highest in recent U.S. history, with public sources reporting roughly 2–3 million removals or deportations during 2009–2016, though...
Data-driven reviews from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC/Syracuse), and reporting by the New York Times converge on a complex portrait of Oba...
Barack Obama presided over some of the highest counts of formal removals in recent U.S. history, surpassing the Trump administration in total deportations while also reshaping enforcement by prioritiz...
By multiple commonly used metrics — annual removals, interior removals, and removals as a share of the estimated unauthorized population — deportation activity was higher during Barack Obama’s preside...
and presided over large-scale removals, but “as bad as” depends on metric: Obama oversaw higher totals in his two terms and is often called the “deporter‑in‑chief,” while Trump’s approach narrowed leg...
presided over roughly two million formal removals during the eight fiscal years that broadly align with his presidency, a total that is lower than some widely circulated but misleading tallies and sit...
President Barack Obama oversaw among the highest counts of federal “removals” and returns in modern U.S. history, with commonly reported totals around 3 million deportations during his eight years in ...