While the Trump administration has pledged mass deportations, ICE’s deportation numbers reveal that many deportees lack criminal records, with approximately 11,000 deported in February and 17,200 in April. Additionally, unauthorized crossings at the southern border have significantly decreased, despite ICE identifying 435,000 undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions not in custody.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: The government is trying to send some people back to their home countries, but many of the people being sent away didn’t do anything wrong, and fewer people are trying to cross the border now.
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