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The administration said it had deported 605,000 people between 20 January - 10 December 2025.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In the fiscal year of 2020, before the U.S. armed forces left the country, the agency had deported just 25 Afghans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

As of mid-April, Saudi Arabia had deported nearly 2,900 Ethiopians due to the pandemic, IOM reported at the time, and another 250 deportations were planned each day over the weeks that followed.

From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2020

Mexico on Monday announced that it had deported 98 Central American migrants involved in Sunday’s border confrontation.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2018

Smuts, as Minister of Finance, had deported some of Cresswell's men and Cresswell himself narrowly escaped drastic punishment.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick