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Taylor Odisho

Dozens of US Citizens Were Deported by ICE Before Trump Started His Second Term: Report

U.S. presidents have been deporting American citizens since at least 2002, per a government watchdog report. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

As Americans continue to protest the second Trump administration's strict immigration policies, a newly released government watchdog report revealed that at least 70 documented U.S. citizens were deported between 2015 and 2020.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that toward the end of former President Barack Obama's second term and throughout President Donald Trump's first, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 674 possible U.S. citizens, detained 121 and deported at least 70, though the actual numbers may be higher.

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