The Department of Homeland Security stopped publicly releasing deportation figures in January 2025.
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What A DayOct 22, 2026
Two tier1 sources, AP and PolitiFact, report that the Trump administration stopped publicly releasing regular deportation data compiled by DHS in January 2025, with AP stating that DHS stopped releasing similar data when Trump took office.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… The report, however, is based on publicly available data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. The numbers could be higher, since the administration stopped publicly releasing similar figures compiled by the Department of Homeland Security in January of 2025. Trump received billions from Congress and promised that the money would allow for 1 million deportations annually. Sad. The kids are not all right. Or fed. …
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Supports. AP reports that the Trump administration in January 2025 stopped publicly releasing similar figures compiled by the Department of Homeland Security, and that Homeland Security stopped releasing similar data when Trump took office.[1][4][5][6][8]
Supports. PolitiFact reports that the Trump administration has not released monthly detailed deportation data and that the federal government has stopped releasing it, with DHS providing only updates via press releases.[2][7]
Context. DHS's December 10, 2025 press release gave a cumulative figure of more than 605,000 deportations, showing that DHS still issues occasional figures, though not regular public data.[3]
Context. The claim's wording matches the passage's own point: the post says the administration stopped releasing figures compiled by DHS in January 2025, so the claim is a faithful paraphrase and is graded normally.[1]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 4 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target, a new report findsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Immigration, mass deportations after one year under Trumppolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, More ...dhs.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of targetnbcdfw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Deportations not meeting Trump's aggressive targets, report findsfox35orlando.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target ...dcnewsnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7PolitiFact FL: Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand?wlrn.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House...economictimes.indiatimes.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports
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