President Donald Trump’s deputies are on track to deport 400,000 illegal migrants in his first year, says the New York Times .

“By the first week of August, deportations reached nearly 1,500 people per day,” the newspaper wrote on August 21, adding:

At least 180,000 people have been deported by ICE under Mr. Trump so far. At the current higher pace, the agency is on track to deport more than 400,000 people in his first year in office… but still short of the administration’s stated goal of one million deportations a year.

Agency officials have also blocked and deported roughly 150,000 border migrants.

The deportation numbers are expected to rise next year and be hugely augmented as many illegal migrants decide to go home on their own initiative.

Many of the deported migrants have n

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