12/06/2024

Many Targeted for Removal by Trump Cannot Be Deported, ICE Data Shows

Mass deportations face many legal and logistical obstacles

Nearly half of the 1.4 million people in the U.S. immigration system who have pending deportation orders cannot be sent back to their home countries, according to internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data, posing one of several looming obstacles to President-elect Donald Trump's pledge for a mass removal campaign.

Some orders cannot be carried out because the would-be deportee's home country will not take them or limits cooperation with ICE. Others identified for deportation are serving prison terms, or have received a reprieve or deferral from an immigration judge, due to a medical condition, a credible persecution threat or another extenuating factor.

An array of other logistical and legal impediments also could constrain mass deportations, according to current and former ICE officials.

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