Trump 2.0 Deports Four in Five Immigrants with No Criminal Record, Migration Policy Institute’s Marc Rosenblum Finds

At a glanceReviewed October 23, 2026Only 31 percent of formal removals involved people with criminal convictions, compared with a 44 percent average in fiscal years 2009 to 2021.About 170,000 cases involved ICE-granted voluntary departure or return. A Migration Policy Institute analysis released