But who are they exactly. Hardened criminals or illegal aliens washing dishes at restaurants ?
The first point is they are all criminals, having become so by entering the US illegally in violation of law. This does not include those on TPS (temporary protected status) or who have requested asylum.
Those deported are what can be referred to as mostly hardened criminals who were caught, convicted and served their jail time. A smaller portion were those caught after having had a hearing and lost their case and were ordered to be deported.........but never left. They are usually caught/identified after having been arrested for minor crimes. But many states authorities shamefully, will not cooperate with US immigration detainer orders.............but that is changing......and changing fast.
The government, contrary to many media reports, does not and will not deport those who were allowed to enter temporary protected status as was/is the case with many Haitians or those seeking asylum.................but that is ending soon as well.
CBP one was such a scam that many (thousands) people using it were using the same email address and physical location address to inform the government where/how they could be reached or where they would be staying so they could be notified about their immigration hearings.
But those days are over and the deportations have begun.
Thousands have been deported back to the DR over the years with many thousands more to come.......but in a quicker time frame.
To answer your question from above
"what's different".......................many of these people also being deported were illegal AND convicted of multiple crimes but never did jail time and were caught, convicted and released by many of the more liberal states courts/judges.
I would venture to guesstimate that Trump will likely only deport 1-2 million illegals during his time in office. That certainly does not dent much the 11 million estimated illegals in the US..................but his policies going forward and his commitment to stop the insanity at the borders is why he won election.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2