Giving up the Fight to Remain

“Voluntary departures,” in which ICE detainees leave the U.S. on their own rather than face the penalties that accompany a formal deportation, increased nearly 750% from the final nine months of former President Joe Biden’s term to the first nine months of President Donald Trump’s. Such departures reached a high of 164 in August, when they made up 14.6% of all completed stays.