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Trump says he wants to deport ‘the worst of the worst.’ Government data tells another story

The U.S. president promises to expel millions of migrants in the largest deportation program in American history to protect law-abiding citizens from the violent threats he says they pose.

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Trump says he wants to deport 'the worst of the worst.' Government data tells another story

A volunteer sets up an art installation displaying names and faces of people who have been detained, deported, or sent to offshore camps during ICE raids in Southern California, at Olvera Street Plaza in Los Angeles, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. 


President Donald Trump has pledged to deport “the worst of the worst.†He frequently speaks at public appearances about the countless “dangerous criminals†— among them murderers, rapists and child predators — from around the world he says entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden administration. He promises to expel millions of migrants in the largest deportation program in American history to protect law-abiding citizens from the violent threats he says they pose.

But government data around ongoing detentions tells a different story.

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