The United States reaches the lowest number of deportations in April since there is a record

Only 2, 962 immigrants were deported during the month of April, according to data from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service

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The number of deportations carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) during the past month fell to the lowest monthly level on record, a drop that occurs when illegal border crossings are kept at a maximum of 20 years, according to data from immigration authorities released by The Washington Post Wednesday.

ICE deported 2, It is the first time that the monthly figure has fallen below 3. 000, as the records show . The April total is a decrease of the 20% compared to March, when ICE deported 3, 716 immigrants.

“The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE ) has focused its limited law enforcement resources on threats to national security, border security and public safety, ”the agency said in a statement. “This has allowed ICE to focus on the quality of enforcement actions and how they promote the safety of our communities rather than the simple number of arrests and deportations.”

President Joe Biden decreed a suspension of 100 days of deportation upon arrival in power, but a ruling in a lawsuit led by the state of Texas blocked this measure within days.

Deportations, however, have also decreased also coinciding with a large increase in the arrival of immigrants from, especially from Central America, many of them with families or unaccompanied minors.

The crisis on the border with Mexico has, in fact, become one of the biggest headaches of the Biden government during its first 100 days in power.

The digit of 2, 962 people does not include expulsions carried out by the Immigration Control Office and Customs (CBP) carried out at the border, which last March exceeded one hundred thousand.

The deportations in April published by The Washington Post and which have not yet been released by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) are in addition to those of one year with unusually low figures .

In the seven months of this fiscal year, which begins in October, The United States has deported some 35, 000 people. If we continue at this rate, it would be the first time that it has fallen below 100. 000 in a single year.

With former President Donald Trump (2009 – 2021) in the White House, The United States deported some 240, 02 people per year on average, less than during the Barack Obama administration (2009 – 2017).

It is estimated that there are 11 million immigrants living in the United States without legal status, including 1.2 million who were ordered to leave the country by a judge, according to ICE statistics.