"Zoom in: "Remember what matters are ICE removals and deportations, way more than these other funny numbers," said Trump supporter Mike Howell, who is president of the Oversight Project, formerly part of the Heritage Foundation. "I see the 1.6 million as a pretty shaky estimate, and one that could be explained away by fewer immigrants feeling comfortable answering a government survey," said Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, migration-focused think tank."
"It also noted a lack of other data from the administration to support the estimate. The CIS authors called the numbers "preliminary," but co-author Steven Camarota said that he thinks, at a minimum, it's accurately showing a declining trend in the population. "We can't say 100% but boy, it's the best data we have, and I think it's telling us that the decline is very large and real," Caramota said."
DHS reported 2 million people removed or self-deported in 250 days, with 1.6 million attributed to self-deportation based on Current Population Survey (CPS) analysis. The CPS is a roughly 60,000-household sample that the Census Bureau cautions against using to determine foreign-born population size. Analysts and experts warn of expected respondent reluctance and other caveats that could bias the estimate. A conservative think tank labeled the numbers preliminary but said they indicate a declining trend. DHS has also stopped regularly publishing deportation statistics previously shared by past administrations.
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