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Comparing the number of deportations during the presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump
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...
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’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...
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...
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 ...