The Trump administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people in the current year, according to a report by the Migration Policy Institute.
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What A DayOct 22, 2026
The Migration Policy Institute report, as carried by AP, Newsweek and Bloomberg Law on 2026-10-22, says the Trump administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people, so the claim matches the report's figure.
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… Why does this sound so familiar? The Trump administration has deported a lot of people over the last year, but not as many as they planned, so they only ruined some lives. According to a report by the Migration Policy Institute, the Trump administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people. The report shows deportations increased from 620,000 people during the first year of Trump's second administration, but the numbers fall short of highs under previous administrations. …
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Supports. AP reports that the Trump administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, according to a new Migration Policy Institute report released Thursday.[1][2]
Supports. Newsweek reports that MPI projects roughly 660,000 deportations in fiscal 2026, and Bloomberg Law says the administration was on track to complete about 660,000 deportations in the last fiscal year.[3][4][5]
Context. The sources describe the timeframe differently (past year, fiscal 2026, last fiscal year), but all attribute the roughly 660,000 figure to the same MPI analysis, so the timeframe wording is a minor detail rather than a contradiction.[1][3][4]
Context. The 660,000 figure is an MPI estimate built from FOIA-obtained public data, since DHS stopped publicly releasing similar counts in January 2025; the 980,000 total for the first 18 months is a separate figure from the same report.[1][6]
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6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target, a new report findsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target, new report findsnbcboston.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Nearly 1 Million Deported From US Under Trump 2.0: Analysisnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Deportations Lag Behind Aggressive Trump Targets, Analysis ...news.bgov.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Deportations Lag Behind Aggressive Trump Targets, Analysis Showsnews.bloomberglaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6U.S. Deportations and Self-Deportations in the First 18 ...migrationpolicy.org · not rated · cited for: context
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