A System Reset: Record-breaking Deportations Mark a New Immigration Era

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security shows that illegal immigrants have been leaving the United States in extraordinary numbers since President Donald Trump took office. DHS says 1.9 million have self-deported. Another 600,000 have been removed by ICE. “Illegal aliens are hearing our message to leave now. They know that if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will never return,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. The effect has been felt in unexpected ways. Public services are easing. Local job markets, long strained, are finding room to breathe again. DHS frames


