Old News: "Worst of the worst"? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal

A Guardian (UK) analysis of U.S. government records has found that 77% of the noncitizens placed in removal proceedings for the first time "in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality." President Donald Trump had proclaimed that the administration would remove the “the worst of the worst.”