Donald Trump announced how he wants to deport 2–3 million undocumented immigrants that have criminal convictions or that belong to gangs. I read up on the issue at FiveThirtyEight and came across the following graphic from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
![The government's chart on deportations](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/govtDeportations.png)
However, when I review the graphic, I found it difficult to understand the FiveThirtyEight article’s point that President Obama has lessened the focus on deportation, but those deported are those convicted of serious criminal offences. So I expanded the size of the y-axis and broke apart the stacked bar chart to show the convicted criminals vs. the non-criminal immigration violators. This graphic more clearly shows the dramatic falloff in deportations, and the emphasis on those with criminal convictions.
![A general decline in deportations has also seen a focus on convicted criminals over non-criminal immigration violators](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/deportationRevision-01.png)
Credit for the original goes to the graphics department of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The other one is mine.