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Cirsium

(4,111 posts)
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:23 PM Sep 2025

Row crops

Soy, corn and wheat are mechanically harvested.

Farmers do not represent a large enough voting bloc to influence elections.

Terrorizing immigrants, abuse and civil rights violations, mass detention and deportation have been going on for a long time under every administration.

The timeline of deportations from President Reagan to President Biden reveals intriguing shifts in immigration enforcement. During Reagan's administration, deportations were relatively high, with 3,548,382 in his first term and 4,444,364 in his second. President H.W. Bush saw a slight increase to 4,728,471. Under Clinton, deportations surged, reaching 5,368,529 in the first term and peaking at 6,922,376 in the second. The W. Bush administration maintained high numbers with 5,279,314 in the first term and 4,760,410 in the second. President Obama’s first term saw 3,160,140 deportations, decreasing to 2,871,899 in his second term. Under Trump, the count was 2,073,208, while Biden, as of 2022, has seen 2,808,946 deportations.

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