Over 980,000 migrants deported during Trump's first 18 months

At least, more than 980,000 migrants were deported from the United States during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a report published on Thursday in the Migration Policy Institute think tank.

Out of the 980,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection deportations during Trump’s second term, about 59%, or 580,000, were removals, 30%, or 300,000, were enforcement returns, and 11%, or 110,000, were administrative returns, the report said.

The report was authored by Marc Rosenblum, a former head of the DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics.

Of the deportations of immigrants, only 20% of all deportations in this period involved individuals with a criminal conviction, the report said. Those deported with two or more years of US residence, 71% of them were  people who did not have a criminal conviction, it added.

On an annual basis, total deportations are up from the administration of former President Joe Biden and Trump’s first term, but remained well below levels routinely observed in the early 2000s, the report said.

Trump says his immigration crackdown and deportation drive aim to ⁠improve domestic security.

The State Department said on Tuesday the Trump administration has revoked over 300,000 US visas during his second term.

Among visa revocations particularly condemned by rights advocates are those of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrating against US ally Israel’s assault on Gaza and of foreigners over social media comments about ​conservative commentator Charlie ​Kirk’s assassination.