President Trump’s border policies seem to be having an impact, but not nearly as much as was promised ahead of the 2024 general election.

Unofficial border crossings have fallen substantially since Trump returned to the White House, but the enforcement numbers his administration is sharing so far don’t add up to fulfilling Trump’s longstanding campaign promise to deport millions of people residing in the U.S. without lawful presence.

According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s efforts at rounding up immigrants facing serious criminal charges have resulted in about 11,000 arrests through his first 18 days in office, and DHS reported last week that they sent around 5,700 people back to their home countries during Trump’s first two weeks.

“Illegal migrant encounters between the ports of entry are down nearly 87%,” Leavitt said in a video shared by the White House.

According to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristy Noem, some of those arrested include “convicted murderers, rapists, child abusers, drug traffickers, MS-13 gang members, cartel members.”

Neither the Department of Homeland Security or Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have shared updated figures for deportations made this week, and did not return a request for that information filed on Tuesday.

In the two weeks between Inauguration Day until February 3, 2025, according to DHS, 5,693 people were deported or removed to 121 different countries. At their current pace, the Trump Administration is on track to deport just shy of 150,000 people this year.

While that would be no small feat by any measure, it’s a long way off from the 11 million or so removals that Trump promised during his campaign to be the 47th U.S. president.

Trump’s numbers are down substantially when compared to the number of deportations that were occurring under his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. In November of 2024, the last full month for which figures are readily available, the Biden Administration deported almost 49,000 people, or more than 12,000 per week.

In total, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security oversaw the deportation of 4.5 million people amid a historic influx of migrants. Former President Barack Obama deported 5.3 million over the span of two terms. Trump, while serving as the 45th U.S. President, deported more than 2 million.

Those numbers are apparently not sitting well with President Trump, who reportedly ordered ICE to ramp up arrests and set an arrest quota of 1,500 arrests per day.

Executive Director of America’s Voice Vanessa Cárdenas says that the combination of quotas, immigrants afraid of being arrested, and “the end of common-sense immigration enforcement priorities” has concocted “a toxic brew that is already harming our American families.”

“No wonder we’re seeing stories and statistics underscoring the indiscriminate nature of the early Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, including on U.S. citizens. We fear we haven’t seen the worst yet – Trump’s cruel, chaotic and costly agenda targets our families, communities, our economy, and the values we hold dear,” she said.

A CBS/YouGov poll released this week shows that most voters — 59% to 41% — approve of the president’s mass deportation plans.