Key facts
- 980,000 deportations occurred in the first 18 months of Trump's second term.
- 20% of deportations involved individuals with criminal convictions.
- 71% of deportations of long-term residents were of individuals without criminal convictions.
- 580,000 deportations were removals, 300,000 were enforcement returns, and 110,000 were administrative returns.
The US Department of Homeland Security oversaw 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second term, according to a report by the Migration Policy Institute. The report found that only 20% of these deportations involved individuals with criminal convictions, and 71% of deportations of immigrants with two or more years of US residence were of people without criminal convictions. Annually, deportations increased from Biden's administration and Trump's first term but remained below early 2000s levels. Of the total deportations, 580,000 were removals, 300,000 were enforcement returns, and 110,000 were administrative returns. The State Department also reported that over 300,000 US visas have been revoked during Trump's second term.