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The Washington Post
November 17, 2019

The Trump administration’s immigration jails are packed, but deportations are lower than in Obama era
By Abigail Hauslohner


After nearly three years in office, Trump has made good on part of his promise. Between Oct. 1, 2018, and the end of September, the administration initiated more than 419,000 deportation proceedings, more than at any point in at least 25 years, according to government statistics compiled by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Unlike under Obama, deporting the migrants has proved more difficult. Many of those crossing the southern border have requested asylum, which entitles them to a certain amount of due process in the immigration court system — protections that the administration also is working to dismantle.


Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
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