Trump Administration Carried Out 980,000 Deportations in First 18 Months: Think Tank (Connecting the Dots: The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
A report by the Migration
Policy Institute think tank says two-thirds of deportations involved
those who were initially intercepted at the border.
Chris Summers
10/23/2026|Updated: 10/23/2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
conducted 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald
Trump’s
second administration, a report published by the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank said
on Thursday.
Trump has repeatedly said that deporting
people who should not be in the United States is key to improving national
security.
MPI’s report, which it said was drawn from
publicly available data, was authored by Marc Rosenblum, a former head of the
DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, and covers Jan. 20, 2025, to July
31, 2026.
Rosenblum said 20 percent of all deportations
in the period involved individuals with a criminal conviction.
The report also said that, on an annual
basis, total deportations are up from the administration of former President
Joe Biden and from Trump’s first term.
Deportations From Interior Rising
The report also found that while two-thirds
of deportations involved those who were initially intercepted at the border,
there was also a rising number of actions resulting from arrests in the
interior.
“The number of deportations of immigrants
arrested in the country’s interior has also increased, from 8,000 per month on
average in the first three months of the administration to 19,000 per month on
average between May and July 2026,” the report said.
In the past year, raids by U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in many cities have been met with
community resistance.
Critics of the second Trump administration’s
approach have claimed that DHS and ICE are ignoring due process and the right
to free speech, and have also claimed there is evidence of racial profiling.
The Trump administration has faced numerous
legal challenges over deportations, but the vast majority have gone ahead
without challenge.
On Tuesday, the State Department said the Trump administration had revoked
more than 300,000 U.S. visas during its second term, due to criminal activity,
fraud, or threats to national security.
Among those were a handful of people who were
involved in demonstrating against Israel’s actions in Gaza, or making social
media comments about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie
Kirk.
“President Donald Trump made immigration
enforcement a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, including a promise to
focus on ‘the worst of the worst,’” Rosenblum said in the report.
“Since taking office in January 2025, the
administration has devoted unprecedented resources to the issue, securing $240
billion from Congress for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through
fiscal year (FY) 2029.”
The report said that despite encounters at
the Mexican border being at a historically low level, 69 percent of
deportations were of people stopped at the border.
The other 31 percent of deportations were of
immigrants arrested in the interior, some of whom may have been residents of
U.S. communities for years.
The Epoch Times reached out to DHS for
comment but did not receive a response by publication time.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Migration Policy Institute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Policy_Institute
Migration Policy Institute’s parent organization
is the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Kathleen Newland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Newland
Kathleen Newland is co-founder and Board of Trustees member
of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a think tank located
in the United States and focused on the study of migration policy worldwide
(but with particular focus on the United States and Europe). She is also the
director of the Migration, Migrants, and Development Program there and also
leads the refugee protection work at MPI.[1][2]
Professional life
Newland is a graduate of Harvard University
and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.[1]
She began her career in 1974 at the Worldwatch Institute. She later worked at
the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, the London School of Economics,
and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
In 1994, she joined the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, where she was a Senior Associate and then Co-Director
of the International Migration Policy Program.
Marc R. Rosenblum
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/person/marc-r-rosenblum
Marc R. Rosenblum is a Visiting Senior Fellow at MPI as well as
Senior Fellow at More in Common.
Dr. Rosenblum received his BA from Columbia
University in 1991 and his PhD in political science from
the University of California – San Diego in 2000.
Connecting the Dots:
Marc Rosenblum is
a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think
tank.
Kathleen Newland
is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR) and a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow
Wilson School at Princeton University.
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the Chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for
the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
James A. Leach was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank)
and a visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs.
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton
University.
Kathleen Newland
joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is a graduate
of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, a graduate of Harvard
University, a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank and she worked at the United Nations
High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Angelina Jolie is
a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
a co-founder for the Jolie/Pitt Foundation and was a director at the Millennium
Promise.
Jolie/Pitt
Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.
Jimmy Carter was an
honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise.
Open Society Foundations
was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.
George Soros is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society
was a funder for the Millennium Promise and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Joan E. Spero was an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a trustee
at Columbia University.
Marc Rosenblum
received his BA from Columbia University and is
a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the Chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank)
and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Kathleen Newland
is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR), the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
and a graduate of Harvard University.
C. Douglas Dillon was
an overseer at Harvard University and the chairman for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Henry Louis
Gates Jr. is a professor at Harvard University and an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Paul E. Peterson is
a professor at Harvard University and was a director of
governmental studies at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lawrence H. Summers and is a professor; former president of Harvard University and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)
Ann M. Fudge was
an overseer at Harvard University and is a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John C. Whitehead was
the chairman for Harvard University and is an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Harold H. Koh was
an overseer for Harvard University, the State Department legal
adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Herbert M. Kaplan is
a board of fellow’s member for Harvard Medical School and an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Cass R. Sunstein is
a professor at Harvard Medical School and a senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lynn Bendheim
Thoman is a board of fellow’s member for Harvard Medical
School and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Howard E. Cox Jr. is
a board of fellow’s member for Harvard Medical School and a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard
University Institute of Politics and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Harold H. Koh was
an overseer at Harvard University, a developments editor for
the Harvard Law Review, the State Department legal adviser for the Barack
Obama administration and a trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Lee H. Hamilton is an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
co-chair for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's
Future.
Michael H. Jordan was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
the division chairman & CEO for PepsiCo, Inc.
Kimberly Cheatle served
as Senior Director in Global Security at PepsiCo and the 27th
director for the U.S. Secret Service (She was in charge of the Secret Service
when President Donald Trump was shot in Butler).
Larry D. Thompson is
the EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo,
Inc and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the Chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Astrid S. Tuminez
was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, received
a master's degree in Soviet Studies from Harvard University and the 7th
President of the Utah Valley University (The location where
Charlie Kirk was shot and Killed).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Marc Rosenblum
is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank, received his BA from Columbia University and
received his PhD in political science from the University of California.
Joan E. Spero was a
trustee at Columbia University and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
University
of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.
David H. Romer is
a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Richard C. Blum was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
regent at the University of California, married to Senator Dianne
Feinstein and a board member for the Haas School of Business.
Haas
School of Business is a business school at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) was
founded at the University of California, Berkeley.
Zohran Mamdani
co-founded the school's chapter of Students for Justice in
Palestine, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America,
the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in
the 2025 election and Mahmood Mamdani’s son.
Mahmood Mamdani
is Zohran Mamdani’s father, and a Ugandan academic, author, and
political commentator and The Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a
professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia
University.
Letitia James
received her MPA at Columbia University, the Attorney
General of New York and the chair for the Committee on
Economic Development.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Carol A. Melton was
a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a
director at the Economic Club of Washington.
Robert G.
Liberatore was a trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development and a director at the Economic Club of Washington.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington and is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Marc Rosenblum
is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank, received his BA from Columbia University and
received his PhD in political science from the University of California.
Kathleen Newland
is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow
Wilson School at Princeton University.
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton
University.
James A. Leach was a
visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Kathleen Newland
is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow
Wilson School at Princeton University.
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton
University.
James A. Leach was a
visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton
University.
Anne-Marie
Slaughter is the dean at the Princeton University's Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a director at
the New America Foundation.
Jonathan Soros is a
director at the New America Foundation and George Soros’s son.
George Soros is Jonathan
Soros’s father and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the New America Foundation.
Eric
E. Schmidt was a funder for the New America Foundation,
the CEO for Google Inc. a trustee at Princeton University
and is the chairman for the New America Foundation.
Alan B. Davidson was
a senior policy counsel for Google Inc. and is a fellow at
the New America Foundation.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the New America Foundation,
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Kathleen Newland
is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow
Wilson School at Princeton University.
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton
University.
Martin J. Gruenberg
received an A.B. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs and served as chairman of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Michael D. McCurry is
an advisory council member for the Princeton University's Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, an advisory board member for
the Truman National Security Project and an advisory board member
for the Truman Center for National Policy.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an
advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and
was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at
the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph R.
Biden Jr’s son.
Madeleine K.
Albright was an advisory board member for the Truman National
Security Project and the president of the Truman Center for
National Policy.
William J. Perry is
an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project,
an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy
and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace is the parent organization for the Migration
Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.
Kathleen Newland
is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy
Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow
Wilson School at Princeton University.
Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton
University.
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Christian Charity On $1 Billion Federal Gravy
Train Leads Political Call to ‘Care Sacrificially for the Refugee’ (Past
Research on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
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Sen. Kennedy Now Backs FDIC Nominee
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Gruenberg, Travis Hill & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs)
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Norman Dodd-The hidden agenda for world
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& Soros Funding) (Past Research on Harvard University
& Columbia University)
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https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/04/trump-admin-threatens-harvard-with.html
Musk on Trump Attack: Head of Secret Service
Should Resign (Connecting the Dots: The head of the Secret Service is Kimberly
Cheatle, PepsiCo, Alejandro Mayorkas, O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Secret
Service)
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https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/07/musk-on-trump-attack-head-of-secret.html
Sen. Susan Collins Says ICE Has Ended
Enhanced Activities in Maine (Connecting the Dots: Sen. Susan Collins, Maine,
Minnesota, Past ICE & Department of Homeland Security Officials, John
Bolton, Covington & Burling LLP, The Chertoff Group, BAE Systems Inc &
Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America's Future)
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https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/01/sen-susan-collins-says-ice-has-ended.html
Military to Remain in LA Despite Judge's
Ruling (Connecting the Dots: Judge Charles Roberts Breyer, Lisa Cook, Janet
Yellen, Zohran Mamdani, The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), The
University of California, Berkeley, Letitia James & Soros Funding, All On
The Same Team Networking Against Trump) (Past Research on the University
of California, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) & Zohran Mamdani)
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/military-to-remain-in-la-despite-judges.html
Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary
of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In The Soros Network) (Past
Research on Madeleine Albright, Kamala Harries & Hunter Biden)
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