97 Percent of ICE Deportees Had Removal Order Under Biden Admin: White House

Addressing reporters, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt provided background on some of those who have been arrested by ICE.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent detains an illegal immigrant in a file photograph. John Moore/Getty Images

Of the illegal immigrants deported so far under the Trump administration—97 percent of them were under a removal order from the Biden administration, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Jan. 31.

Since President Donald Trump took office, there have been at least 5,537 arrests of those in the United States illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).