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Voluntary departures increase

The rise in voluntary departures in 2025, potentially linked to pressure to increase deportations and tactics that can coerce people to abandon their cases

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What share of the increase in the U.S. undocumented population since 2021 is due to visa overstays versus border crossings?

The balance of evidence in the reporting shows that were the dominant source of new unauthorized residents for many years before 2021, but the post‑2021 surge undocumented population reflects an unusu...