ICE last month arrested the most people in at least five years, but the number of deportations paled in comparison.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month arrested the most people in at least five years, but deportations are still lagging far behind what Donald Trump has promised — and even behind those in the Obama administration, according to data obtained by NBC News.

The discrepancy between arrests and deportations highlights the challenges the Trump administration faces to make good on Trump’s Inauguration Day vow to deport “millions and millions” of immigrants.

According to ICE data, its agents arrested roughly 30,000 immigrants last month, the most since monthly data was made publicly available in November 2020. But the number of immigrants deported in June — more than 18,000 — amounted to roughly half the number of arrests, according to internal figures obtained by NBC News.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Since February, the Trump administration has averaged 14,700 deportations per month. That’s far below the monthly average of 36,000 in 2013, the year with the most deportations during the Obama administration.

    Too bad his dumbass supporters don’t get their news from factual sources. I’m sure they think he’s doing 10x the previous highest numbers.