Dec 19, 2024 - Politics & Policy

U.S. deportations hit highest number in a decade in 2024

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Migrants near the Rio Grande along the US-Mexico border in Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has reached out to the governments of Mexico and El Salvador through back channels about taking in some of the millions of undocumen

Migrants near the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 18. Photo: David Peinado/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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