Number of Irish citizens deported from US up more than 50%
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Jim Brown Jim Brown (right), whose wife Donna Hughes-Brown is facing deportation to Ireland, described the recent crackdown as "insane"
The number of Irish citizens deported from the United States has risen by more than 50% so far in 2025 compared to the previous year, figures released to BBC News NI show. Between January and September 2025, 99 Irish people were deported, according to statistics from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit. This compares to 60 deportations between October 2023 and September 2024. A US immigration lawyer told BBC News NI the number had increased since President Donald Trump's election. A spokesperson for ICE said: "Individuals who are in the US lawfully and have not violated immigration laws or committed crimes have no reason to fear enforcement actions."
Erin Stefanik Photography Immigration lawyer Claire Doutre said she was seeing more people without criminal recor
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