A report by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) says deportations of illegal immigrants are up 620,000 under the Trump administration.
MPI says the number eclipsed the Biden count by 26% from 2021-2024.
Though the White House has bragging rights, it’s a small number compared to the Clinton years, when there were 1.86 million deportations in 2000.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says they are still cleaning up the mess from the Biden years. Recently DHS posted a final rule ending the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), or better known as work permits, for legal immigrants looking to have their permits renewed,
Under the current rule, immigrants who submitted their renewal application in a timely manner were allowed to continue to work up to 540 days as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) assesses their application.
According to a report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, (FAIR), under the new rule, if USCIS has not approved the renewal before an immigrant’s current EAD expires, the immigrant cannot work until USCIS gives them the final approval,
Gabriel Canaan, Government Relations Manager with FAIR, said this new change would apply to several classes of immigrants that include asylum applicants, green card applicants, and H-4 spouses of H-1B workers.
This policy change by DHS is to ensure the integrity of work authorization and reduce frivolous and meritless applications. DHS also wants parolees and deferred action recipients to demonstrate economic necessity before receiving a work permit.
