US deportations 2000–2017

The number of undocumented immigrants who were either removed by the US government or who returned to their home country has decreased since 2000.

Note: The Department of Homeland Security defines removals as “the compulsory and confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United States based on an order of removal.” Returns are defined as “the confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United States not based on an order of removal.”

Source: US Department of Homeland Security

Graphic: Paul Martucci, CNN