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Official immigration enforcement records (ICE/DHS) and case records verify the total number deported since the administration began and the proportion with criminal charges or convictions.
Available data do not support the claim that more than 650,000 people have been deported under Trump’s second term by early January 2026, nor that about 70% of them had criminal charges or convictions.
Independent analyses drawing on official ICE datasets estimate on the order of 200,000 removals in the first five months of 2025, not 650,000+, and note that nearly two‑thirds of those removals involved people with no criminal record at all, meaning only about one‑third had criminal convictions.[1] TRAC’s November 2025 snapshot of ICE detention shows that 73.6% of people in detention had no criminal convictions, consistent with reporting from CNN, NBC, and others that the bulk of ICE’s current enforcement involves non‑criminal immigrants.[2][3][4] No credible primary or secondary source reports deportation totals anywhere near 650,000 since January 2025, nor a 70% criminality rate among those removed; in fact, the available evidence points in the opposite direction: removals are much lower, and non‑criminal cases form the majority.
Therefore the statement is False because both the claimed total number of deportations (650,000+) and the asserted 70% criminal‑charge/conviction rate contradict the best available ICE‑based data and independent analyses, which show substantially fewer removals and a majority of non‑criminal cases.