Trump breaks record for deportations of migrants without criminal backgrounds, but still hasn't surpassed Obama and Biden's total removals

"On January 20, in commemoration of the first anniversary of his second term in office, Donald Trump's administration proudly announced that it had achieved historic records in the removal of foreigners from the country. In President Trump's first year back in office, nearly 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. because of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations and more than 675,000 deportations, said the Department of Homeland Security in a statement."

"The opacity of these numbers, which have not been fully explained nor broken down and are impossible to verify independently, has triggered doubts as to whether the statistics are really historic, and particularly as to how they compare with the administrations of Trump's predecessors. In theory, both Barack Obama and Joe Biden deported more people than the Republican's numbers would suggest, though comparisons are difficult because it's unclear what the Trump administration's figures actually include, as there is no legal definition of the term deportation."

"In addition, there are important differences in the kinds of deportations that are taking place. The two Democratic presidents focused on the expulsion of criminals, while the Republican president contrary to what has been repeated constantly by Trump's own administration has not discriminated on this basis. Only 25% to 35% of the migrants who have been deported had criminal records."

Nearly 3 million noncitizens left the United States in President Trump's first year back, including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations and more than 675,000 deportations, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The numbers lack transparency, have not been fully explained or independently verifiable, and raise doubts about their historic character and comparability with prior administrations. It is unclear which encounters and refusals are counted as deportations because no legal definition exists and the administration likely included noncitizens turned away at borders and airports. The administration's deportation figure focuses less on criminal removals than prior Democratic presidencies, with only 25–35% having criminal records.

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