https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-deportations-removals-trump-biden-obama-compared-chart-2026835
Published Feb 05, 2025 at 3:23 PM EST
Updated Feb 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM EST
Carolina Migrant Network Fights 'Deportation Pipeline' Amid Trump Crackdown
By Dan Gooding
Politics Reporter
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday that in the first two weeks of President Donald Trump's second term, nearly 5,700 illegal immigrants had been deported.

If the new administration continues at that clip, one expert told Newsweek, then it would be on track to deport half the number of migrants removed during former President Joe Biden's last full fiscal year in 2024.

Newsweek reached out to DHS for comment via email Wednesday afternoon.

Is this unique to Trump? I doubt it.