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Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin

Nypost · · 442 words · By Alex Oliveira
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“More than 80,000 “voluntary departure” orders were issued by US immigration judges between Jan. 2025 and March 2026”
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Two independent web search results (one citing court data from the Vera Institute of Justice shared with The Washington Post and another mentioning the same surge) confirm that immigration judges issued more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders between January 2025 and March of the current year.
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“a more than 600% increase from the 11,400 issued during the last 15 months of former President Joe Biden’s term”
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While the general context of the surge is corroborated, the specific figure of 11,400 orders during the last 15 months of Biden's term is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence snippets, though it appears in the context of the reporting on the 80,000 figure.
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“6,370 took a voluntary departure order in July, while more than 9,000 did in March”
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The evidence mentions the overall surge of 80,000 orders, but the specific monthly breakdowns for July (6,370) and March (9,000) are not independently corroborated in the provided snippets.
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“about 750 per month were voluntarily departing in the second half of Biden’s presidency”
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The specific average of 750 per month during the second half of Biden's presidency is not independently corroborated in the provided evidence snippets.
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“the “self deportation” option President Trump has been pushing, which allows migrants to turn themselves in via a Department of Homeland Security app in return for a cash stipend and free flight home”
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Web search results explicitly mention a 'voluntary self-deportation' option currently being offered by the Trump Administration, specifically identifying it as 'Project Homecoming,' which is distinct from judicial voluntary departure.
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“Voluntary departures are orders granted by a judge to immigrants who have decided not to pursue their asylum case”
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Multiple sources, including legal defense sites and news reports, explain that voluntary departure is an option granted by a judge to avoid formal removal/deportation, typically when a migrant chooses not to pursue their case.
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web search NEUTRAL — Immigration judges issued more than 80,000 “voluntary departure” orders from January 2025 through March of this year, according to court data obtained by the Vera Institute of Justice and shared with …
https://dnyuz.com/2026/05/08/immigrants-are-giving-up-their-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The judge granted his request and he moved back to Mexico, alone. His case is an exemplar of the impact of the Trump administration's aggressive efforts to deport millions of migrants on an accelerate…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/donald-trump-seattle-taco…
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web search NEUTRAL — If granted by an immigration judge, voluntary departure offers a significant advantage: it avoids a formal removal order on your record. This distinction can have a meaningful impact on your future im…
https://www.queensimmigrationlaw.com/voluntary-departure-vs-…
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“People who choose voluntary departure are not issued formal deportation orders”
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Authoritative legal sources (New York Removal Defense) explicitly state that voluntary departure 'avoids a formal removal order on your record.'
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 21, 2025 · After more than 50 years of rapid growth, the nation’s immigrant population is now in decline. In January 2025, 53.3 million immigrants lived in the United States – the largest number e…
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 · Human Rights Watch’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Division defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, displaced people, and migrants worldwide.
https://www.hrw.org/topic/refugees-and-migrants
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 20, 2025 · Whether due to climate change, political instability, or economic conditions, migrants are people who choose to travel to another country in search of opportunities or for reasons other…
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/migrants-immigr…
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“Immigrants can’t have a serious criminal record to qualify, and generally must leave the country at their own expense”
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Legal and news sources confirm that voluntary departure requires the immigrant to leave the U.S. and generally at their own expense, while distinguishing it from the 'Project Homecoming' program.
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web search NEUTRAL — CAUTION: Voluntary departure is a vastly different procedure than the "voluntary self-deportation" option currently being offered by the Trump Administration, also known as "Project Homecoming."
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/voluntary-departure-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Voluntary departure requires the illegal immigrant to leave the U.S., but allows him to avoid formal deportation and the potentially time-consuming adjudication of his immigration case.
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/08/judge-allows-voluntary-…
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web search NEUTRAL — What legal challenges have been filed against DHS attempts to impose civil monetary penalties on undocumented immigrants? How do voluntary departure statistics compare to formal removals in recent yea…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/immigration/undocumented-im…
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“over 70% of the 80,000 who have taken the option under Trump have done so from within detention facilities”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the percentage of voluntary departures occurring from within detention facilities.
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