and a new report from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Ice shows that the Biden Administration has deported over 270,000 migrants in the fiscal year of 2024 now this marks the highest annual figure since President Joe Biden took office back in 2021 and is even higher than any year of Donald Trump's first term in office the ice report also cites that around 32% of those deported by the Biden administration had criminal histories while millions are being documented for exposion critics argue that the outgoing president's policies mirror those of former president Barack Obama who also over
oversaw millions of deportations during his tenure as well here's a deeper dive inside the numbers the Biden Administration deported 271,000 184 immigrants in fiscal year 2024 the highest number in a decade this staggering figure eclipses the deputations under president-elect Donald Trump's first term and marks a dramatic shift in enforcement under President Biden who once promised compassion in Immigration policies if you take a look at the number of people who are coming the vast majority the overwhelming majority of people coming to the border and Crossing are being sent back are being sent back thousands tens of
thousands of people who are who are over the 18 years of age and single people one at a time coming have been sent back sent home we're sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming we're trying to work out now with Mexico their willingness to take more of those families back but we that that's what's happening they're not getting across the border and those who are coming across the border who are unaccompanied children were moving rapidly to try to put in place what was dismantled as I said Immigration and Customs Enforcement or
ice has put out a latest report that exposes a sharp rise in expulsions in 2019 there were 267,000 deputations then during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020 there were 185,000 deputations in fiscal year 2021 when Biden took office is deputations plunged to just 59,000 however in 2022 the deputations rose to 72,000 and from there the numbers kept increasing to topping 142,000 in 2023 and over 270,000 in 2024 the latest ice report also cites that nearly a third of deported individuals had criminal records and most were recent border crosses Biden's policy policies over the years have faced
immense strain and record-breaking border encounters critics say that the administration's migrant Crackdown is a desperate attempt to project control amid chaos throughout the year the agency was called on to do more without commensurate funding working within the confines of strained resources and competing priorities while steadfastly supporting the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies in their efforts to secure the order Democrats who have been often vocal in opposing Trump's immigration agenda now face a glaring contradiction because back in 2009 to 2016 former president Barack Obama deported over 5.2 million immigrants over his two terms
which was far more than Trump's 1.7 million in his first term between 2017 and 2021 while during Joe Biden's four years in office the total deputations have been just over half million despite criticizing Donald Trump for his tough stance on migrants Obama earned the nickname deporter in Chief as his administration carried out the highest number of expulsions in the middle class immigration system we have in the United States right now doesn't reflect our values it separates families when we should be reuniting them we're going to have to work with the Mexican Government to make sure
that we've got a well Reg regulated border but I also want to work with the Mexican Government because I believe that the long-term solution to the challenge of illegal immigration meanwhile as Trump's incoming Administration is preparing for Mass deputations former acting ice director Tom hman who has been named Trump's borders are has ambitious plans so the at the at the heels of the biggest illegal immigration crisis we've ever seen in this nation there has to be a massive deportation operation because nine out of 10 of these people based on 10 years of data will they'll
get they'll lose your case get order removal if we don't remove them what the hell what the hell we doing the whole world's going to know enter the country leging with the crime make a false Asylum get order remove but you still have to go home but removing millions of undocumented immigrants will not be easy because roughly 1.4 million individuals in the United States have final orders of removal yet many cannot be deported due to legal or diplomatic challenges I never thought I would leave my country I never had the American dream but I was
forced by the situation at this moment with the government of Sara Castro and her family they are a narco family that criticized Juan Orlando Hernandez and they are 10 times worse the basic basket is the most expensive in Central America you can't survive anymore I am an electrician when Juan Orlando Hernandez was there I lived peacefully with my family I could go to dinner at a restaurant now I can't buy an egg or a pound of rice while critics argue Biden's Rising deputation numbers are a Band-Aid for a deeper crisis in the coming time it
remains to be seen whether Trump will succeed in fulfilling his promise because one thing is clear that the incoming president will invest whatever it takes to make it happen
