Nearly 12,000 Cubans deported during Trump’s two administrations
The estimate combines about 3,400 cases during his first presidency and an estimated 8,500 removals since his return to office.
A review of official data and immigration records places the number of Cubans deported during Donald Trump’s two presidencies at about 12,000. The approximate total combines figures from different periods and sources with different scopes.
For the 2017–2021 administration, data cited by PolitiFact record about 3,400 Cuban citizens deported. During the second term, Human Rights Watch estimated that nearly 8,500 had been removed through August 5, 2026, based on ICE records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by UCLA’s Deportation Data Project.
Florida Democratic state representative Angie Nixon said the total exceeded 13,000. The article notes, however, that the exact figure could not be confirmed and that the Department of Homeland Security or ICE had not published a consolidated second-term total.