Deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump

Deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
Part of the Mexico–United States border crisis
ICE agents detaining a man on January 26, 2025
DateJanuary 23, 2025 – present (2025-01-23 – present)
LocationUnited States
TargetIndividuals illegally residing in the U.S.
Participants
Outcome
  • 8,276 arrested[a] As of February 1, 2025
  • 37,660 deported during the first month of Trump presidency[11]

Donald Trump continued deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States after assuming office for a second term.[12] Trump's agenda promised to launch "the largest deportation program in American history", but actual numbers of ICE arrests and deportations under Trump have lagged the Biden administration.[13][14][15]

On January 23, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began to carry out raids on sanctuary cities, with hundreds of illegal immigrants detained and deported. The Trump administration reversed previous policy and gave ICE permission to raid schools, hospitals and places of worship.[16][17] The use of deportation flights by the U.S. has created pushback from some foreign governments, particularly Colombia.[18] The Trump administration has also discussed the potential re-opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to incarcerate migrants.[19][20] The use of Guantanamo Bay comes with a great financial cost. The running Guantanamo Bay detention camp has historically cost "half a billion dollars per year".[21] Despite the amount of funds, Guantanamo Bay has proven to negatively impact the health of detainees through U.S. reputational harm. This has led to controversy on how to support the detainees "protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms".[22]

Fears of ICE raids have impacted agriculture,[16] construction,[23] and the hospitality industry.[24] The Pew Research Center estimated the total population of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. to be 11 million in 2022.[25]

Trump had discussed mass deportations during his presidential campaign in 2016,[26][27] during his first presidency, and in his 2024 campaign.[28][29] At the time of his first campaign, approximately one-third of Americans supported the idea—but by the start of his second term, eight years later, public opinion had undergone a shift, with a majority of Americans believing all illegal immigrants should be deported.[30]

  1. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 24, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 538 Arrests, 373 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 27, 2025 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 25, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 593 Arrests, 449 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 27, 2025 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 26, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 286 Arrests, 421 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 27, 2025 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 27, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 956 Arrests, 554 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 27, 2025 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 28, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 1,179 Arrests, 853 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 28, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 969 Arrests, 869 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 29, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 1016 Arrests, 814 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 29, 2025 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 31, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 913 Arrests, 763 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 31, 2025 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b @ICEgov (January 31, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 962 Arrests, 860 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved January 31, 2025 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ a b @ICEgov (February 1, 2025). "Enforcement Update - 864 Arrests, 621 Detainers Lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved February 1, 2025 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Hesson, Ted (February 22, 2025). "Trump deporting people at a slower rate than Biden's last year in office". Reuters.
  12. ^ "Amid mass deportations, a boat packed with migrants intercepted trying to get into the US". ABC News. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  13. ^ Ward, Myah; Piper, Jessica (February 4, 2025). "Mass deportations haven't arrived but Trump's PR blitz has". Politico. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  14. ^ "Scoop: Trump's immigration arrests appear to lag Biden's". Axios. February 14, 2025.
  15. ^ "Trump deporting people at a slower rate than Biden's last year in office". Reuters. February 22, 2025.
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  18. ^ Villagran, Lauren (January 26, 2025). "As countries push back on deportations, Trump trades words, threats". USA Today. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  19. ^ Aleaziz, Hamed; Rosenberg, Carol (January 29, 2025). "Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo". The New York Times.
  20. ^ "Guantanamo could be used to hold up to 30,000 migrants". ABC News. January 29, 2025.
  21. ^ "Breaking It Down: Closing Guantanamo". Center for Victims of Torture. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  22. ^ "Breaking It Down: Closing Guantanamo". Center for Victims of Torture. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
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  24. ^ Anderson, Brett; Rao, Tejal; Wilson, Korsha (January 25, 2025). "As Immigration Crackdown Looms, Restaurants Are Racked With Fear". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  25. ^ Krogstad, Jeffrey S. Passel and Jens Manuel (July 22, 2024). "What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S."
  26. ^ Cite error: The named reference politico 2015-08 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  27. ^ Cite error: The named reference BeaucarVlahosImmigration was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  29. ^ "Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles". NPR. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  30. ^ Ian Schwartz (January 25, 2025). "CNN's Enten: There Has Been A Massive Shift On Immigration, The Majority Of Americans Believe Illegals Should Be Deported". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved February 7, 2025. 55 percent in The New York Times; Marquette, 64 percent; CBS News, 57 percent; ABC News, with a slightly different question, 56 percent… a very clear indication that a majority of Americans… do, in fact, want to deport all immigrants who are here illegally.


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