Deportations carried out under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump primarily targeted immigrants convicted of serious crimes.
NOT BSTOTAL BS
TOTAL BS — Verdict: False
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The Short Version
Available enforcement data does not show a deportation system mainly focused on immigrants convicted of serious crimes. Official Trump-era statistics often count any criminal history or even pending charges, and serious or violent offenders were only a small fraction of those removed. In some periods, large shares had no criminal conviction at all.
Caveats
The claim conflates any criminal history or pending charge with conviction for a serious crime; the evidence treats those as very different categories.
Arrests, detention, and removals are not interchangeable measures; some reports emphasize arrests while the claim is about deportations.
“Serious crimes” is undefined, and official summaries often use broad criminal categories that include minor traffic, immigration, and nonviolent offenses.