A growing number of illegal immigrants are reportedly choosing to leave the United States on their own rather than face the full force of President Donald Trump’s renewed immigration crackdown, according to newly surfaced data highlighted in a report from The Washington Post.
The numbers paint a dramatic picture of how sharply immigration enforcement has shifted since Trump returned to office. Tens of thousands of migrants are now abandoning asylum claims, dropping legal challenges, and agreeing to leave the country voluntarily as the administration ramps up detention policies and speeds up removals.
According to the report, immigration judges issued more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders between January 2025 and March 2026. The figure represents a massive spike compared to the final stretch of Joe Biden’s presidency, when only around 11,400 migrants reportedly chose the same route over a similar time period.
“Judges issued more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders from January 2025 through March of this year … [to migrants] who request to leave on their own terms while giving up the opportunity to seek a new life in the U.S.,” the newspaper reported on May 8.
The statistics were reportedly compiled by the Vera Institute of Justice, a left-leaning immigration advocacy organization that has openly criticized the administration’s policies after losing federal funding last year.
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