New York Times: Trump on Track to Deport 400,000 Illegals in 2025

Hol · 2025-08-21T12:12:15-0400

“By the first week of August, deportations reached nearly 1,500 people per day,” the newspaper wrote on August 21, adding:

At least 180,000 people have been deported by ICE under Mr. Trump so far. At the current higher pace, the agency is on track to deport more than 400,000 people in his first year in office… but still short of the administration’s stated goal of one million deportations a year.

Agency officials have also blocked and deported roughly 150,000 border migrants.

The deportation numbers are expected to rise next year and be hugely augmented as many illegal migrants decide to go home on their own initiative.

Many of the deported migrants have not been convicted of non-migration crimes, the newspaper complained:

Since then, almost all of the increase in arrests has been of people without any prior criminal convictions. Immigration arrests of people with a past violent criminal conviction increased to about 1,900 in June from about 1,100 in December. At the same time, arrests overall tripled to more than 28,000 and arrests of people with no past conviction or charges increased by almost 20 times.

Trump and his deputies say the expanding deportations — and voluntary exits — will help American families earn decent wages, buy homes, and build families.