How The Trump Administration Is Amping Up Immigrant Deportations

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The big tax and spending bill President Trump signed into law earlier this month included $75 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Supreme Court recently told the administration it could deport people to countries with which they have no ties. We discuss these and other developments that are helping the president accelerate deportation efforts.

This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, immigration policy correspondent Ximena Bustillo, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

This podcast was produced by Casey Morell & Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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1:09.0	Yeah, exactly. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
1:14.0	I'm Hima Bustillo, and I cover immigration policy. And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent. Today on the show, we are catching up on a number of recent immigration developments as President Trump aims to keep his promise of mass deportations. But first, I just want to
1:29.3	start with a level set, Hemena. What are the numbers looking like right now? Border crossings,
1:35.0	detentions, deportations. So the latest figures from Customs and Border Protection show that in
1:41.6	June, there were just over 9,000 encounters at the southwest border.
1:47.2	And that is continuing the downward trend of how many people are crossing the border
1:52.6	between ports of entry that Customs and Border Protection is needing to apprehend.
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