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Are immigration decisions actually enforced?
Orders and completed removals are not the same measure. This hub keeps them separate and documents operational cases, policy changes and the limits of same-period comparisons.
Issue guide
Deportation & Enforcement
Enforcement covers deportation orders, voluntary departures, removals, return operations and the gap between a legal decision and a completed departure.
Are immigration decisions actually enforced?
Orders and completed removals are not the same measure. This hub keeps them separate and documents operational cases, policy changes and the limits of same-period comparisons.
Key evidence to examine
- Orders signed and issued
- Recorded removals and voluntary departures
- Operational and court-documented cases
Cornerstone explainer
Reports and data
Investigations and documented cases
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Evidence gaps
An order issued in one period may be enforced later; a simple annual ratio is not a cohort completion rate. Where a needed dataset is absent, the gap is stated rather than filled with an assumption.