Is this chart correct? Trump not a major deporter of illegals?

Ok, this needs to be unpacked and the misinformation put into context.

First I had Gemini produce a chart to specify whether each administration was turning people away at the border or actually deporting them.

Next I had the chatbot take a deeper dive. See below.

Bottom line: While Voldemort's use of ICE recently has been colossally stupid, looking at the larger metrics; he isn't unique in turning people away.

Gemini evaluates the graphic immediately above:

1. Conflating "Returns" with "Removals" (Deportations)

The graphic uses mismatched definitions to inflate numbers for Clinton and Bush while using narrow criteria for Trump:

• Removals vs. Returns: Officially, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) separates immigration enforcement into Removals (formal legal deportation orders carrying administrative and criminal penalties) and Returns (voluntary departures or informal border turn-backs without legal penalties).

• The Clinton & Bush Numbers (12M and 10M): The vast majority of Clinton’s (~12.3 million) and Bush’s (~10.3 million) totals were voluntary returns at the southwest border, not formal deportations. Actual formal deportations (removals) under Clinton were about 870,000, and under Bush were about 2 million.

• The Obama Number (5.3M): Obama oversaw roughly 3.1 million formal removals (often earning him the moniker "Deporter-in-Chief" from immigrant rights activists) and roughly 2.2 million returns, combining to ~5.3 million.

• The Trump Number (1.5M): This figure represents only his first 4-year term (compared to 8-year terms for the other three) and counts only formal removals/Title 42 expulsions, completely omitting voluntary returns. If calculated apples-to-apples across 8-year equivalents or strictly by formal removals, the comparison collapses.

2. The "0 Protests/Riots" Claim is Factually False

Immigration policy was heavily protested under all three prior administrations:

• Under George W. Bush: The spring of 2006 saw the largest immigration marches in U.S. history (the "Day Without an Immigrant" and Mega Marches), bringing an estimated 3 to 5 million people into the streets across hundreds of cities to protest the Sensenbrenner Bill (H.R. 4437) and workplace raids.

• Under Barack Obama: Pro-immigrant rights groups staged continuous demonstrations, hunger strikes, and civil disobedience actions at ICE detention centers and outside the White House, specifically protesting high deportation rates and deportations separating mixed-status families. Activists famously interrupted Obama's speeches and blockaded ICE facilities.

• Under Bill Clinton: Protests broke out notably surrounding the enactment of the 1996 immigration reform law (IIRIRA)—which dramatically expanded the grounds for detention and mandatory deportation—and Operation Gatekeeper in California.

3. What Actually Drove the Protests Under Trump

The protests during Trump’s first term were not typically about routine deportation quotas. Rather, they were sparked by distinct, high-visibility policy changes, such as:

• The 2017 "travel ban" (Executive Order 13769), which drew thousands of spontaneous protesters to major airports nationwide.

• The 2018 "Zero Tolerance" policy, which resulted in the systematic separation of thousands of children from their parents at the southern border.

• Highly publicized rhetoric explicitly targeting undocumented communities and sanctuary cities.

The meme presents an inaccurate comparison by mixing voluntary border turnaways with formal deportations, comparing 8-year tenures against a 4-year tenure, and erasing decades of major immigration protests from recent history.