Report: Immigrants Are Voluntarily Leaving US in Record Numbers Under Trump

Immigrants are voluntarily heading home in record numbers, according to federal data, as the Trump administration continues to push major immigration reforms.

A May report from the Vera Institute of Justice examined federal statistics and found that “the number of people in removal proceedings who received a decision of voluntary departure has risen dramatically since the change in presidential administration — particularly among people who were detained.”

It went on to reveal that “increases in voluntary departure decisions are happening alongside increases in orders of removal. The percentage and number of detained cases ending in voluntary departure or an order of removal have increased since the end of the Biden administration.”

Jacquelyn Pavilon, who co-authored the report, spoke with ABC News last week about the recent trend.

“This is widespread across the United States,” she said. “In three-quarters of U.S. states and territories, the number of voluntary departure decisions increased