A report by the Migration Policy Institute think tank says two-thirds of deportations involved those who were initially intercepted at the border.
By Catholics for Catholics
During the first 18 months of Donald Trump’s second term as President, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) performed 980,000 deportations, a report published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank said on Thursday.
Again and again, Trump has said that deporting people who should not be in the United States is crucial to furthering national security, according to a story by the Epoch Times.
According to a story by the Epoch Times, MPI’s report, which it said was culled from publicly available data, was authored by Marc Rosenblum, a former head of the DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, and covers Jan. 20, 2025, to July 31, 2026.
Out of all the deportations, 20 percent of them in the period involved individuals with a criminal conviction, Rosenblum said.
“The number of deportations of immigrants arrested in the country’s interior has also increased, from 8,000 per month on average in the first three months of the administration to 19,000 per month on average between May and July 2026,” the report said.
“President Donald Trump made immigration enforcement a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, including a promise to focus on ‘the worst of the worst,’” Rosenblum said in the report.
“Since taking office in January 2025, the administration has devoted unprecedented resources to the issue, securing $240 billion from Congress for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through fiscal year (FY) 2029.”
Due to criminal activity, fraud, or threats to national security, the State Department said on Tuesday that the Trump administration had revoked more than 300,000 U.S. visas during its second term,
Among those were a handful of people who were implicated in demonstrating against Israel’s actions in Gaza, or making social media comments about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
