Arresto y deportación de mexicanos desde Estados Unidos durante el primer semestre de Trump 2.0
Arrest and Deportation of Mexicans from the United States During the First Semester of Trump 2.0
https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2601179
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deportaciones, arrestos, Trump, Estados Unidos, MéxicoResumen
Este artículo examina los arrestos y deportaciones de personas migrantes desde el interior de Estados Unidos durante el primer semestre de la segunda administración de Trump (2025-2029). Su objetivo central es analizar hasta qué punto este gobierno está logrando detener y deportar a “migrantes criminales” en los volúmenes y términos que prometió durante la campaña presidencial, con particular atención en el caso de los migrantes mexicanos. La metodología se basa en la construcción de una línea de base histórica de deportaciones en los últimos 25 años. A partir de este contexto y ante la ausencia de información gubernamental sobre deportaciones recientes, se utiliza la base de datos del Deportation Data Project para analizar los arrestos de migrantes durante el primer semestre de 2025. Los resultados indican un crecimiento acelerado de los arrestos, que sin embargo contradicen el discurso gubernamental de priorizar la deportación de migrantes con antecedentes criminales.Abstract This article examines the arrests and deportations of migrants from within the United States during the first half of Trump's second term (2025-2029). Its central objective is to analyze the extent to which this administration is succeeding in arresting and deporting “criminal migrants” in the volumes and terms it promised during the presidential campaign, with particular attention to the case of Mexican migrants. The methodology is based on establishing a historical baseline of deportations over the past 25 years. Given this context and the lack of government data on recent deportations, the Deportation Data Project database is used to analyze migrant arrests during the first half of 2025. The results indicate a rapid increase in arrests, which nevertheless contradicts the government’s rhetoric of prioritizing the deportation of migrants with criminal records.
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