US deportations under Biden surpass Trump's record
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Source: BBC News
US immigration authorities last year deported the largest number of undocumented immigrants in nearly a decade, surpassing the record of Donald Trump's first term in office.
More than 271,000 immigrants were deported from the US over the last fiscal year, according to a report released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency on Thursday.
The ICE report comes just weeks before President-elect Trump, who plans to make mass deportation a cornerstone of his incoming administration, takes office.
President Joe Biden in 2021 had pledged to pause deportations, but his administration ended up expanding it following a surge in border crossings.
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The report is saying that the administration's 2024 deportation figure just passed the prior administration's previous one-year record. They aren't saying that the four-year term was higher. The Obama administration seems to take the prize by this measure.
