The University of California Los Angeles(UCLA) and the Million Dollar Hoods initiative launched on Wednesday Mapping Deportations, a website that tracks deportation orders issued in the United States since 1895 and serves as a tool for analysis of the country’s immigration policy.
The project uses data, maps and timelines to provide a comprehensive view of U.S. immigration enforcement and its disproportionate effects, especially in Latin America.
Map reveals racial bias
Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at UCLA School of Law, in charge of the project, explained that the mapping reveals how “systemic racism” has defined immigration laws on who can stay or must leave the U.S.
The data shows that 96% of all deportation orders from 1895 to 2022 have been directed to countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.
Official deportation data since 1895
The map was constructed using public data on the total number of deportation orders issued by federal immigration authorities.
From the Commissioner General of Immigration in 1895 to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which currently deals with enforcement of the orders, said researcher Mariah Tso of the Million Dollar Hoods initiative.
Racial impact of mass deportations
The launch of the tool, which is available to the public, comes just as U.S. President Donald Trump executes a campaign of mass deportations, which he hopes will break established records.
In that regard, UCLA professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez, who is part of the project, said Mapping Deportations illustrates how immigration laws, and in particular deportation policies, have shaped the racial composition of the country since its founding.
“A phenomenon that is occurring in plain sight today,” EFE reported.
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