What did Donald Trump claim about immigration on 4 Mar 2025? "I have sent Congress a detailed funding request laying out…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
I have sent Congress a detailed funding request laying out exactly how we will eliminate these threats to protect our homeland and complete the largest deportation operation in American history, larger even than current record holder, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a moderate man but someone who believed very strongly in borders.
Eisenhower holds neither record. His peak year had 30,264 removals, against 432,201 in fiscal 2013, and 1,074,277 returns, against 1,675,876 in fiscal 2000.
DHS's historical series shows Eisenhower holds neither deportation record. Fiscal 1954, the peak year of his administration, had 30,264 removals and 1,074,277 returns. Removals reached 432,201 in fiscal 2013, and returns reached 1,675,876 in fiscal 2000, a year that also had 188,467 removals (DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Table 39).
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- Address to a joint session of Congress, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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