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BumRushDaShow

(170,527 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:10 PM 23 hrs ago

Trump promised to deport 1 million migrants a year. But his administration didn't come close to that

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 15 April 2026 12:06 EDT

Donald Trump’s administration set a target of 1 million deportations a year, with at least 3,000 immigration arrests a day. But according to figures released by the Department of Homeland Security to members of Congress to justify its mammoth budget, the administration didn’t come close to that scale of removals within the first nine months of Trump’s return to the White House despite the president’s government-wide anti-immigration agenda.

Budget requests to Congress reveal Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now preparing to hit those goals. ICE deported 442,637 people within the 2025 fiscal year, which began in the final months of Joe Biden’s administration and ended September 30, before federal agents surged into cities and made thousands of arrests in street-level dragnets.

The Office of Homeland Security Statistics has not updated its data since last November, but deportation data shared with Congress offers a first glimpse at ICE’s impact within the bulk of Trump’s first year back in office — and plans for the fiscal years in the remainder of his term. ICE told Congress that the agency plans to deport 1 million people — and hold at least 99,000 people on any given day in ICE detention centers — in the 2026 and 2027 fiscal years.

In a statement recognizing Trump’s first year back in office, Homeland Security claimed 2.2 million “self-deportations” and “more than 675,000 deportations” since January 20, 2025. That figure, if accurate, would still be far below the 778,000 removals in the final full fiscal year of the Biden administration — and tens of thousands short of a goal to remove 1 million people per year.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ice-deportation-data-b2958351.html

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Trump promised to deport 1 million migrants a year. But his administration didn't come close to that (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP

I guess the bastard Miller is slacking. Maybe he'll be fired vapor2 23 hrs ago #1

Keep it up and soon only one group will be left. Aussie105 23 hrs ago #2

ICE has arrested and detained many Native Americans, even with documents/ID on them IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #4

YEAH--- the only REAL Americans! All of us white people Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #9

Yeah in 2024 The USA Gov deported 1.1M immigrants. n/t Jacson6 23 hrs ago #3

I'm seeing only 271,484 deported in 2024 Polybius 22 hrs ago #5

The OP article and other comments figures being reported seem to be comparing between Biden and BOTH 45 terms (to date) BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #10

And this was with them completely ignoring all law and precedent, including arresting and deporting citizens. Karasu 20 hrs ago #6

Kick dalton99a 20 hrs ago #7

... so they MURDERED a few U.S. citizens to 'make up the difference' !!! Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #8

vapor2

(4,635 posts)

1. I guess the bastard Miller is slacking. Maybe he'll be fired

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:32 PM

23 hrs ago

Aussie105

(8,016 posts)

2. Keep it up and soon only one group will be left.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:42 PM

23 hrs ago

Native Americans who can trace back their ancestry to mass migrations during the last ice age.

But if people with white skin are exempt, then this is really an exercise in ethnic cleansing.

IronLionZion

(51,382 posts)

4. ICE has arrested and detained many Native Americans, even with documents/ID on them

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:23 PM

22 hrs ago

it's the skin color

Jack Valentino

(5,129 posts)

9. YEAH--- the only REAL Americans! All of us white people

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:32 AM

17 hrs ago

were 'illegal immigrants' to North America.....
since none of us had 'visas' or a 'green card'......

Jacson6

(2,064 posts)

3. Yeah in 2024 The USA Gov deported 1.1M immigrants. n/t

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:57 PM

23 hrs ago

Polybius

(21,964 posts)

5. I'm seeing only 271,484 deported in 2024

Reply to Jacson6 (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:26 PM

22 hrs ago

By the numbers: 271,484 people were deported to 192 countries between Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30. 2024, per the report.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/deportations-immigration-record-2024-ice

BumRushDaShow

(170,527 posts)

10. The OP article and other comments figures being reported seem to be comparing between Biden and BOTH 45 terms (to date)

Reply to Polybius (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:27 AM

11 hrs ago

and also including or not including the "Title 42" (pandemic) refusals.

I.e., there is a numbers breakdown in this article from June 2024 -

Comparing the Biden and Trump Deportation Records

June 27, 2024 Policy Beat. By Muzaffar Chishti and Kathleen Bush-Joseph

The Biden administration took office amid heightened debate in some circles over the merits and tactics of deportations, yet it is on track to carry out as many removals and returns as the Trump administration did. The 1.1 million deportations since the beginning of fiscal year (FY) 2021 through February 2024 (the most recent data available) are on pace to match the 1.5 million deportations carried out during the four years President Donald Trump was in office. These deportations are in addition to the 3 million expulsions of migrants crossing the border irregularly that occurred under the pandemic-era Title 42 order between March 2020 and May 2023—the vast majority of which occurred under the Biden administration. Combining deportations with expulsions and other actions to block migrants without permission to enter the United States, the Biden administration’s nearly 4.4 million repatriations are already more than any single presidential term since the George W. Bush administration (5 million in its second term).

In the 12 months after Title 42 ended, the Biden administration ramped up deportations under the standard U.S. immigration framework, Title 8, and removed or returned 775,000 unauthorized migrants—more than in any previous fiscal year since 2010. From May 2023 through March 2024, 316,000 migrants were processed via expedited removal, more than in any prior full fiscal year. And for the first time since FY 2010, in FY 2023 more migrants were returned directly across the border, mostly to Mexico, than were removed from the U.S. interior. Whereas President Barack Obama was labeled by some as the “deporter in chief,” this new trend may earn President Joe Biden the title of “returner in chief.” Notably, authorities have deported migrants to more than 170 countries during the current administration, which may be the most ever.

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The above article was obviously before 45 started his 2nd term but I think the gist is the "we will deport 1 million a year" exaggerated nonsense from 45 (Miler, was going to be impossible based on past large-scale efforts from previous Presidents.

Then you have FY'24 that began Oct, 1, 2023 and ran until Sep. 2024. But you have FY'25, which began Oct. 1, 2024, and ended Sep. 30, 2025, where figures from FY'25 would include almost 4 calendar months of Biden's term before 45 was sworn in - Oct. 1, 2024 - Jan. 20, 2025 (something to keep in mind with the FY'25 numbers).