Trump’s Deportation Rate Continues To Lag Biden’s

Reuters reports:

During his first month in office, US President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people, according to previously unpublished data from the US Department of Homeland Security. This figure is lower than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns recorded during the final full year of Joe Biden’s administration.

A senior Trump administration official and experts noted that deportations are expected to increase in the coming months as Trump implements new strategies to enhance arrests and removals.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin argued that the higher deportation numbers during the Biden administration appeared “artificially high” due to increased levels of illegal immigration.

Read the full article. Multiple outlets have reported that Trump is furious about the numbers and ICE agent teams have been given daily quotas. Prior to the election, Trump’s stump speeches regularly featured claims that “so many will be deported that it will make your head spin.”