The number of deportations of immigrants in the United States has reached its highest level since 2014, according to a US government report released on Thursday. This is part of a broader push that outgoing President Joe Biden is making to this process, to reduce illegal immigration.
According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) annual report, about 271,000 immigrants were deported to 192 countries in fiscal year 2024, which begins on October 1, 2023, and ends on September 30, 2024.
According to government statistics, this is the highest number of deportations since President Biden took office in 2021 and higher than any year of President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, 2017-2021.
Democratic President Joe Biden took office pledging to roll back the most restrictive immigration policies put in place by Mr. Trump, but has struggled with high levels of illegal immigration and gradually toughened his approach.
Republican Donald Trump won another term in the White House in November by promising to deport a record number of illegal immigrants as part of a broader crackdown on immigration.
Mr. Trump's transition spokeswoman, Caroline Leavitt, said in a statement that Mr. Biden's deportations were insignificant compared to the high levels of illegal immigration seen during his presidency.
" On day one, President Trump will fix the immigration and national security nightmare that Joe Biden created by launching the largest mass deportation of illegal criminals in the history of the United States ," she said.
About 11 million immigrants lacked legal status or enjoyed temporary protection in 2022, according to government and think tank estimates, a figure some analysts put at 13 to 14 million./VOA (A2 Televizion)
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