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Trump deported fewer people than Obama, Clinton or Bush, but more indiscriminately

Migrants from Guatemala and Honduras are deported to Mexico by U.S. authorities in March 2021.

Although Donald Trump has positioned himself as the biggest champion for deportations, pledging to oversee the largest deportation operation of migrants in U.S. history, as president, he expelled fewer people than his predecessors. Between 2017 and 2021, his administration conducted 1.5 million deportations. In comparison, during Barack Obama’s presidency from 2009 to 2017, there were five million deportations, while George W. Bush’s tenure saw 10 million, and Bill Clinton’s administration reached 12 million. However, these numbers span two presidential terms, while Trump’s figure is for a single term.

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