When we think of deportations, we generally think of persons in the U.S. who have entered and have lived here, in some cases for years. These cases tend to run through immigration court. This is not a profile of actual deportations but of people in immigration court for the goal of deportation.  They do not include immediate expulsions at or near the border, but rather cases which work their way into the court system. About 9.2 million cases are before immigration courts brought by the government to deport an individual. Some 3 million of these cases started in FY 2023 … Continue reading Why people get deported.