Immigrant mothers separated from U.S. citizen children

Along with more arrests, the current administration has deported mothers at twice the rate as the previous administration. ProPublica reports, using data obtained through a public records lawsuit by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights.

A Sankey diagram is used to show arrests by administration, the percentage detained, and of those, the percentage released, in custody, or removed or deported. This led to 11,000 children separated from their mothers by the current administration — and this is only as of August 2025, as UW continues the court process to get more data.