MPI estimated approximately 620,000 deportations in fiscal year 2025 and projected around 660,000 in fiscal 2026. The latter figure would be 26 per cent higher than the annual average during former President Joe Biden’s administration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
\n\nNearly 980,000 deportations were carried out during the first 18 months of US President Donald Trump’s second term, according to an analysis by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), although the figure falls short of the administration’s stated goal of deporting 1 million people annually.
\n\nThe analysis, published on Thursday, covers January 20, 2025, to July 31, 2026, and uses publicly available government data, Freedom of Information Act records and other immigration enforcement data to estimate removals by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
\n\nMPI estimated approximately 620,000 deportations in fiscal year 2025 and projected around 660,000 in fiscal 2026. The latter figure would be 26 per cent higher than the annual average during former President Joe Biden’s administration.
\n\nMore than two-thirds of the deportations involved people initially encountered at the US border, according to the analysis.
\n\nMost Deportees Had No Criminal Convictions
\n\nOf the estimated 980,000 deportations, approximately 340,000 involved migrants intercepted at the border…
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