Deportation as the Trump administration’s strategy to curb illegal immigration

Over the past four years, the Trump administration’s effort has been heavily focused on reducing immigration, both illegal and legal, although most policies implemented during his term have had a major impact on illegal immigration, surveillance at the borders and immigration enforcement within the US.

One of the main tools of the Trump administration to curb illegal immigration, mainly from Central America, is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). With the help of this agency and other federal entities, the Trump administration:

• Increased operations within the US to detain immigrants, who managed to cross the borders without legal documentation, and start deportation proceedings for them.
• Expedited mass deportation proceedings.
• Reduced benefits for undocumented immigrants in the US.
• Increased restrictions and requirements to prevent undocumented immigrants from requesting legal documentation.

The Trump administration intends to “teach a lesson” to immigrants who decided to cross the US’ borders without prior authorization by refocusing immigration law enforcement within the country. The current president, along with his cabinet, assures that offering immigration benefits to undocumented foreigners would only increase and encourage illegal immigration.

Therefore, during his term, the possibilities for undocumented immigrants to obtain legal permits decreased substantially, unlike previous administrations.

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Lowest number of deportations during Donald Trump’s term

The global Coronavirus pandemic undoubtedly contributed to the Trump administration being able to massively deport undocumented immigrants and restrict immigration in general.

Despite the Trump administration using “expedited removals” as an emergency measure amid the health crisis, the number of deportations during fiscal year 2020 (October-September) was the lowest in the past four years.

According to ICE’s “Fiscal Year 2020 Enforcement and Removal Operations Report”:

• 185,884 undocumented immigrants were deported during fiscal year 2020, before and after the massive outbreak of Coronavirus in the North American territory. During fiscal year 2019, ICE deported 267,258 undocumented immigrants, representing a decrease of 30.45%.
• ICE arrested 103,603 undocumented immigrants during fiscal year 2020. During fiscal year 2019, ICE arrested 143,099 undocumented immigrants, representing a decrease of 27.6%.

It is important to clarify that the number of deportees includes both immigrants detained during operations within the US, as well as immigrants detained trying to cross the borders without legal documentation by ICE or CBP (Customs and Border Protection).

According to a recent Reuters report, dozens of activists, immigrant rights advocates and experts expect the number of deportations to decline even more over the next four years under the Joe Biden administration, the Democratic nominee chosen by the local population as the 46th President of the US, who will take office in January 2021.

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