Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times,
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second administration, a report published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank said on Thursday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide illegal immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III for a removal flight at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025. Dept. of Defense photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas De La PenaTrump has repeatedly said that deporting people who should not be in the United States is key to improving national security.
MPI's report, which it said was drawn from publicly available data, was authored by Marc Rosenblum, a former head of the DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, and covers Jan. 20, 2025, to July 31, 2026.
Rosenblum said 20 percent of all deportations in the period involved individuals with a criminal conviction.
The report also said that, on an annual basis, total deportations are up from the administration of former President Joe Biden and from Trump's first term.
Deportations From Interior Rising
The report also found that while two-thirds of deportations involved those who were initially intercepted at the border, there was also a rising number of actions resulting from arrests in the interior.
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