According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this has been “a year of unprecedented achievements”. In which to date, more than 2.5 million undocumented immigrants have left the United States.
The DHS is breaking records with more than 605,000 deportations and 1.9 million voluntary departures. An official statement published on its website emphasized.
Moreover the statement referred to “historic progress in the country’s security.” Highlighting that since January 20th, when Donald Trump assumed his second term, the department’s enforcement operations have resulted in the aforementioned figures.
“The DHS has prioritized the removal of undocumented immigrants with the most dangerous criminal records. As part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to restore law and order in the United States.” Although recently released data contradicts this perception.
According to statistics from the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley, some 75,000 people with no criminal record are among the more than 220,000 arrested. During immigration operations allegedly targeting violent criminals since Trump returned to the presidency.
The controversial raids, which have been met with widespread rejection in communities, are carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in conjunction with other federal agencies.
Also the study emphasized that around 90 percent of all those detained by ICE through the second half of October 2025 were men. With Mexican being the most common nationality, followed by Guatemalan and Honduran.
With information from Prensa Latina
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