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US deportations don rise well-well for 2024

U.S. deportations of immigrants rise for di past year to di highest level since 2014, according to U.S. government report wey dem release for Thursday, part of di broader push by outgoing President Joe Biden to reduce illegal immigration.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deport about 271,000 immigrants to 192 kontri for fiscal year 2024, wey end on September 30, according to di agency’s annual enforcement report.

Di tally na di highest since Biden take office for 2021 and e high pass any oda year of President-elect Donald Trump’s 2017-2021 administration, according to U.S. government statistics.

Biden, wey be Democrat, take office pledge to roll back Trump’s more restrictive immigration policies, but struggle wit high levels of illegal immigration and gradually toughen him enforcement approach.

Trump, wey be Republican, win anoda term for di White House for November don promise to deport record numbers of immigrants wey dey U.S. illegally as part of broader immigration crackdown.

Trump transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt talk for statement say Biden’s deportations no significant compared to di high levels of illegal immigration during him presidency.

“For day one, President Trump go fix di immigration and national security nightmare wey Joe Biden create by launching di largest mass deportation operation of illegal criminals for United States history,” she talk.

About 11 million immigrants no get legal status or get temporary protections for 2022, according to government and think-tank estimates, a figure wey some analysts now place at 13 million-14 million.

Trump administration plan to tap resources across di federal government to take power di planned deportation initiative, Reuters report last month.

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Trump dey try to increase deportations during him first term wit limited success.

ICE remove 267,000 immigrants for fiscal year 2019, fewer than most years under Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.

Wen you look for both deportations by ICE and returns to Mexico by U.S. border authorities, Biden get more for fiscal 2023 than any Trump year.

While deportations don rise for fiscal year 2024, di number of ICE arrests of immigrants wey dey live for U.S. illegally drop by 33% compared wit di previous year, di agency’s annual report talk, attributing di fall off to more officers assisting wit border security operations.

 


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