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According to government data and news reports, over 400,000 "illegal aliens" were deported in the first 250 days of 2025, which includes the period from February to September. However, the exact number of these deportations that involved individuals with criminal convictions is not specified in the overall statistics.
Data on criminal deportations
- In the first 100 days of the Trump
administration (from January 20 to April 29, 2025), officials reported
that 75% of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests were
"criminal illegal aliens with convictions or pending charges".
- An NBC News data tracker, based
on internal ICE and CBP data through the end of May 2025, identified
specific arrest figures for individuals with certain crimes, but these are
not deportation totals. They noted that ICE had arrested 752 people with
murder convictions and 1,693 with sexual assault convictions.
- By July 2025, analysis from the Deportation Data Project found that the proportion of immigrants with violent crime convictions who were deported was 7% under the Trump administration, compared to 10% during the Biden administration.
Shift in enforcement
priorities
- Multiple sources report a shift in
enforcement strategy under the Trump administration to include a higher
proportion of non-criminal immigrants.
- Data from June 2025 showed that
non-criminal arrests outnumbered those involving individuals with prior
convictions, and analysis through September indicated that 72% of people
in ICE detention had no criminal convictions.
- In one example from October 2025, local ICE data for the first quarter of the year showed that most people detained in the New Orleans region did not have criminal records.
As of early October 2025, over 100,000 criminal undocumented immigrants have been deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the beginning of the second Trump administration on January 20, 2025. However, determining the exact number of criminal deportations between February and October 2025 is difficult because the government has released minimal public data.
Here is what is known:
- Total deportations: Between January 20 and
mid-July 2025, ICE reported deporting over 100,000 people, with over 70%
having criminal records. By late September 2025, the total number of ICE
deportations since January was nearing 200,000.
- Criminal portion: While the Trump
administration has stated it prioritizes "the worst of the
worst" offenders, reports indicate a large portion of criminal
deportations involved minor offenses.
- An August 2025 report cited cases where
individuals were deported for minor offenses, including traffic
violations and marijuana possession.
- A September 2025 report by Time magazine
noted that the percentage of detainees with criminal convictions declined
sharply after May 2025, with internal ICE statistics showing less than
10% of immigrants in custody had a criminal offense.
- Lack of detailed public data: Due to a significant reduction in the public release of detailed ICE deportation data, it is difficult to provide a precise number of criminal deportations for a specific time frame, especially for the period between February and October 2025.
Limitations of the available
data
- Voluntary vs. forced removals: The
Department of Homeland Security combines official deportations with
voluntary departures in its overall removal statistics, making it hard to
distinguish between forced and self-deportations.
- Incomplete court data: While the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) provides some deportation data from immigration court proceedings, this data does not represent the full scope of ICE removals, especially expedited ones.
As of late September 2025, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that an estimated 1.6
million undocumented immigrants had voluntarily
"self-deported" since the start of the Trump administration in
late January. This number reflects unofficial
departures and is based on a DHS announcement, not confirmed data on voluntary exits.
Key details from recent
reports on voluntary departures and self-deportation include:
- Trump administration estimates: In a
September 23, 2025, press release, DHS stated that 2 million undocumented
immigrants had left the U.S. in the first 250 days of the administration.
Of that total, 1.6 million were classified as self-deportations, and over
400,000 as formal deportations.
- Voluntary departures tracked by ICE: Data
from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tracked a significant
increase in official "voluntary departures" recorded by agents.
In February 2025, ICE data showed 592 confirmed voluntary departures, and
that number grew to 4,241 by July 2025.
- Pew Research Center analysis: A
report from the Pew Research Center in August 2025 noted a decline in the
foreign-born population and suggested that the unauthorized immigrant
population has likely declined in 2025. The report indicated that the
unauthorized population may have decreased by as much as 1 million between
January and June 2025, driven by both deportations and voluntary
departures.
- Factors influencing departures: Analysts point to increased immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, including threats of mass deportation, as a contributing factor to the rise in voluntary departures. The repurposing of the CBP One app into the "CBP Home" app, which encourages voluntary departure, is also a factor.
Important distinctions and
limitations:
- There is a key difference between official
"voluntary departure" figures recorded by ICE agents and the
much larger "self-deportation" estimates announced by DHS. The
latter is a broader and less-defined category.
- Research groups like the Center for
Immigration Studies (CIS) have also suggested that more than one million
undocumented immigrants have left the country in 2025, though these are
also estimates.
- The exact number of undocumented
immigrants who left the country voluntarily cannot be precisely confirmed,
as they depart without official government processing or tracking.
voluntarily departed the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Key figures and context
- Total departures: The 1.6 million
figure is part of a larger total of 2 million undocumented immigrants who
have left the U.S. since the start of the second Trump administration on
January 20, 2025. The remaining 400,000 were formal deportations carried
out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Timeframe: The 1.6 million estimate
was announced by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in August 2025, attributing the
departures to a new "leave now or face arrest, deportation and
fines" policy. A later announcement in September updated the total
departures to 2 million over approximately 250 days.
- Incentive programs: To encourage
voluntary departures, the administration introduced new incentive
programs, including offering $1,000 via the CBP home app to undocumented
immigrants with no prior criminal records. In October 2025, a separate
program began offering $2,500 to unaccompanied migrant teenagers who
voluntarily leave the country.
- Differing estimates: Other research organizations also reported a decline in the undocumented population during this period. For example, a Pew Research Center report released in August 2025 estimated that the unauthorized immigrant population declined by as much as 1 million between January and June 2025.
Comments
The Deportation Count reached 400,000 for Criminal Illegals and 1.6 million who self-deported from February to late September 2025. 2 million of over 20 million have been deported to date.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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