Hillary Clinton Says More People Were Deported Under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: ‘Without Killing American Citizens’

In a recent video clip circulating online, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asserted that more individuals were deported during the administrations of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and former President Barack Obama compared to the deportation figures under former President Donald Trump. Clinton emphasized that these earlier efforts were accomplished "without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps."

Clinton's exact words, captured in the rush excerpt from Grabien Stories, were: "More people were deported. Under, my husband and Barack Obama, without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps that more in the first Trump term, or this first year of Trump’s second term." The statement appears to draw a direct contrast between deportation policies of the Democratic presidents and those implemented during Trump's first term and the initial year of his second term.

The comment highlights Clinton's reference to Bill Clinton, who served as president from 1993 to 2001, and Barack Obama, whose presidency spanned 2009 to 2017. She positions their records on deportations as more effective and less controversial than Trump's approaches, specifically critiquing the latter for alleged incidents involving American citizens and the use of detention camps for children.

Clinton's phrasing suggests a quantitative comparison, claiming higher deportation numbers under her husband and Obama. However, the excerpt does not provide specific statistics or data to substantiate the claim, focusing instead on the qualitative differences in how the policies were executed.

The mention of Trump's "first Trump term" refers to his presidency from 2017 to 2021, while "this first year of Trump’s second term" points to the ongoing period following his apparent re-election. Clinton's remarks imply that deportation activities in these periods involved greater humanitarian concerns, including the detention of children and potential harm to American citizens.

This statement from Clinton resurfaces debates over immigration enforcement across administrations, with her excerpt underscoring a narrative of prior Democratic-led deportations as more humane. The clip, available through Grabien's media monitoring platform, has garnered attention in discussions on immigration policy contrasts.