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A Guardian analysis finds the vast majority of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time from January to August last year had no criminal convictions

A Guardian analysis of government records has found that the vast majority – 77% – of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality.

Within days of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) trotted out a phrase that his surrogates would come to use over and over again: “the worst of the worst.”

The term has become a shorthand justification for the administration’s unprecedented overhaul of immigration enforcement – a relentless campaign the administration claims is focused on arresting and deporting violent criminals.

However, a review of records obtained by the Guardian and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against DHS, raises questions about those claims.

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[–] i078@europe.pub 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not about deportation either 

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

That's because the legal definition of deportation isn't even close to the human trafficking/kidnapping that's actually going on. It's simply been coopted by the fake news crowd because words can have whatever meaning the ruling class wants as long as they keep using them inappropriately.