{"id":"1792713934797-news-segment","slug":"980-000-deportations-in-18-months","title":"980,000 deportations in 18 months","summary":"The Department of Homeland Security oversaw about 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of Trump's second term, according to a Migration Policy Institute report. Only about 20% of those deported had a criminal conviction. This is an opinion/conspiracy comment, not a checkable factual claim. This is a political opinion/rant, not a specific checkable factual claim. This is an opinion/accusation, not a specific checkable factual claim. 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This is a list of anime recommendations, not a factual claim.\nSource: [washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/10/22/trump-administration-deported-nearly-1-million-through-july-report-finds/) POST 21134 (https://x.com/Reuters/status/2113420292093612349)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The Department of Homeland Security oversaw about 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of Trump's second term, according to a Migration Policy Institute report. Only about 20% of those deported had a criminal conviction. This is an opinion/conspiracy comment, not a checkable factual claim. This is a political opinion/rant, not a specific checkable factual claim. This is an opinion/accusation, not a specific checkable factual claim. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Reuters just posted a number that's going to start a lot of fights tonight: 980,000 deportations in the first 18 months of this administration."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a massive number. Nearly a million people. And it's from the Migration Policy Institute, not a campaign press release."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right. But here's the part that's going to get lost: only about 20 percent of those deported had a criminal conviction."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Wait, so four out of five people deported had no criminal record? That's not what the administration has been saying."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's what the Washington Post is reporting. The administration has been emphasizing criminals, but the data tells a different story."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Okay, but hold on. You can be in the country illegally without a criminal conviction. That's still a deportable offense. The number isn't misleading just because most weren't convicted of a separate crime."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'm not saying it's misleading. I'm saying the public conversation has been about violent criminals, and the actual policy is much broader."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But that's the point of immigration enforcement! You don't need a conviction to be removed. The law is the law."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the law is being enforced at a scale we haven't seen in decades. That's the story. Whether you think that's good or bad depends on your politics."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think it's worth asking: if 80 percent have no criminal record, are we actually making communities safer, or just making a lot of people disappear?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a fair question. And it's one the administration is going to have to answer as these numbers get more attention."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meanwhile, the BBC has a genuinely disturbing investigation out of Sudan. They're reporting that RSF fighters deliberately targeted hospitals."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The UN human rights chief says these attacks may amount to war crimes. That's not a phrase they use lightly."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The BBC found evidence of multiple attacks on medical facilities. Doctors, patients, nurses — targeted while trying to save lives."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And this is happening while the world's attention is elsewhere. Sudan has been a catastrophe for over a year now."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's the kind of story that should be dominating headlines, but it's been buried under everything else."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The RSF is a paramilitary group that's been fighting the Sudanese army for control of the country. And now they're hitting hospitals."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Deliberately. That's the key word. This isn't collateral damage. It's a strategy."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the UN is saying it may be a war crime. That's a legal threshold, not just a moral one."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I want to know what the international community is actually going to do about it. Because we've seen a lot of statements and not much action."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the frustrating part. We have the evidence, we have the legal framework, and yet the killing continues."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different world entirely: L'Oréal is saying weight loss drugs are hurting their beauty sales."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a sentence I never thought I'd say on air. Ozempic is coming for the skincare industry."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The CEO says GLP-1s are 'a very important phenomenon for us.' Translation: people are losing weight and buying less makeup."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It makes sense, actually. If you're feeling better about your body, you might spend less on products that promise to fix it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Or maybe people are just spending their money on the drugs instead of the creams. Either way, it's a real shift."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The beauty industry has been recession-proof for decades. Now it's facing a threat from a completely unexpected direction."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I love this story because it shows how interconnected everything is. A diabetes drug changes the entire beauty market."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And L'Oréal is one of the biggest companies in the world. If they're worried, it's a real trend."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The BBC also has a piece about Western diplomats in Moscow living under 'constant paranoia.'"},{"host":"Bella","text":"That sounds about right. Working in Russia right now is not exactly a relaxing posting."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They're comparing it to the Cold War. Surveillance, harassment, the whole package."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's a reminder that even as we talk about negotiations and diplomacy, the actual work of diplomacy in Moscow is incredibly difficult."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And it's not just the Russians. Western diplomats are saying they can't even have a private conversation without assuming someone's listening."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the 'constant paranoia' part. It wears on you. It changes how you do your job."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which is exactly the point, I suspect. Make the diplomats so paranoid they can't function effectively."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And yet they stay. Because someone has to be there, doing the work, even when it's miserable."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the news tonight."}]}