Nearly 200,000 people deported from US since Trump return to office

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Nearly 200,000 people deported from US since Trump return to office  According to US officials, nearly 200,000 people were deported in the seven months following Trump’s return to office. Figures from mid-August showed just over 59,000 in ICE detention.    READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/28/nearly-200000-people-deported-from-us-since-trump-return-to-office  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00As the number of deportation flights from the United States hits a record high,

00:05immigration rights activists are finding it hard to keep up.

00:09They do what they can to witness the flights and spread the word of where they're headed

00:14and how many people are on board.

00:17They have to do it in person because airlines use dummy call signs

00:21to block the flights from tracking websites.

00:24The activist's work helps people locate loved ones in the absence of information

00:30from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

00:34One activist has logged just under 6,000 flights from the start of Donald Trump's second term

00:40through July, a 41 percent increase over the same period last year.

00:47According to U.S. officials, nearly 200,000 people were deported

00:51in the seven months following Donald Trump's return to office.

00:56Figures from mid-August showed just over 59,000 in ICE detention.

01:01But as deportations increase, so do protests,

01:04with many U.S. cities staging rallies against the immigration sweep.

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