Posted on 10/21/2025 10:21:11 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Over 515,000 illegal aliens have been deported since President Donald J. Trump returned to the White House in January, with the administration on track to break deportation records.
Since returning to the White House on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump’s administration has ramped up immigration enforcement, resulting in over 515,000 deportations, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the administration is on track to reach 600,000 deportations by the end of the year, which would set a new record.
McLaughlin also revealed that more than two million illegal immigrants have left the United States since Trump took office, including 1.6 million who self-deported. Approximately 485,000 people have been arrested for immigration violations. “This is just the beginning,” McLaughlin said, crediting President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for restoring the agency’s ability to enforce immigration laws after what she described as years of restrictions. “Our agency was vilified and barred from doing its job for the last four years,” she added.
The administration’s efforts have extended beyond arrests and deportations. McLaughlin pointed to a significant decrease in illegal crossings along key migration routes, including a reported 99.99 percent drop in migration through the Darien Gap in Panama, a critical path for migrants headed to the United States. She said this is largely due to new policies and strong messaging that discourage would-be migrants from attempting to cross into the U.S. illegally.
Recent figures also show a sharp decline in the foreign-born population in the U.S., which has dropped by 2.2 million since January. This shift is attributed to a combination of increased deportations, tougher border enforcement, and a drop in illegal border crossings.
To support the expanded operations, the Trump administration opened a new deportation center at Angola Prison in Louisiana, a facility known for its high-security measures. This move is aimed at speeding up processing and removals of illegals, especially those with criminal convictions.
Over the weekend, DHS officials reported the arrest of several illegal immigrants with criminal records, including aliens convicted of child rape, kidnapping, assault, and drug trafficking. Arrests took place in multiple states, including Massachusetts, Alabama, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.
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We need to pick up the speed of deportations and deport ALL illegal aliens.
Drying up incentives as well. The next potus is the key. This must continue.
Yawn. A pittance. They clearly are going just for onesy-twosys with all kinds of circuses around that when the promise of true mass deportations is not only what got Trump re-elected, it is also the only move that will restore working wages and balance housing costs so as to restore the American dream. We know that Trump is another RINO/uniparty amnesty wannabe, so the $70B in funding that Congress passed is going unused except for a few show catches here or there.
Meanwhile, 5 million illegals a year from the Biden admin are reaching the 2-year threshold here that makes them harder to deport. Half a mil a year is nothing.
I wonder what became of Alligator Alcatraz.
The 515,000 deported is just those who were forcibly removed. Over one million have voluntarily deported via the CBP One app offer. We’re on track for nearly two million in the first year alone and the pace is only accelerating.
Pedal to the metal!
“Meanwhile, 5 million illegals a year from the Biden admin are reaching the 2-year threshold here that makes them harder to deport.”
According to which law?
Trump has been deporting illegals with 20 year stays in the US with no problem.
” Half a mil a year is nothing”
Over 2 million illegals deported including self deportation.
That’s as squishy a number as you could get: Illegals responding to government survey calls.
Nope.
Those are numbers from DHS.
No surveys.
Suck it up.
This is the first tier.
Suck it up, sucker.
I seem to recall some of us whining about the low number of deportations after only a few months.
Captain!
Grok:
Total (Deportations + Self-Deportations)
The Trump administration’s most recent public claim (as of October 21, 2025) is that more than 2 million undocumented immigrants have left the U.S. in total since inauguration, combining formal deportations and self-deportations. Adding the latest formal figure (515,000+) to the standing self-deportation estimate (1.6 million) suggests the total now exceeds 2.1 million.
Quoting Grok? What sort of idiotic move is that?
“We need to pick up the speed of deportations and deport ALL illegal aliens.”
Yes. Got to get a lot more done in case the midterms go bad next year.
More stupidity.
And yeah, of course the illegals stopped answering phone surveys as soon as Trump was in office.
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