CNN: ‘ICE Has Deported Nearly 200K People Since Trump Returned’
If ‘senior Trump officials remain frustrated with’ ICE, they should consider the hurdles it’s had to overcome
By Andrew R. Arthur on August 29, 2025
On August 28, CNN reported “ICE has deported nearly 200K people since Trump returned to office, on track for highest level in a decade”. Read deeper, however, and the outlet contends President Obama did better in 2014, and that “senior Trump officials” nonetheless “remain frustrated with the agency”. But how true are either of those claims? Respectfully, anybody who’s frustrated with ICE should consider what the agency has accomplished in the face of “sanctuary policies” and chronic underfunding.
Breaking It Down
According to CNN, ICE “deported nearly 200,000 people in the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s administration”, and “had already recorded around 71,400 deportations between October 2024 through the end of December” — bringing the ICE total in the first 10-plus months of FY 2025 to around 270,000.
Note, however, how CNN separates out the Trump II numbers. According to that article:
The latest figure is a slice of the overall deportations that have occurred under Trump. The administration has recorded nearly 350,000 deportations since the president returned to office in January. The other deportations this year included repatriations by US Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard, as well as people who chose to self-deport.
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CBP, the agency responsible for border security, recorded more than 132,000 deportations this year.
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