President-elect Donald Trump has said he will enact mass deportations at the start of his second non-consecutive term. One immigration lawyer says some people are choosing to go back to their countries of origin on their own.

During a heated election campaign, there was one promise Trump repeated at every rally – to launch the “largest deportation programme in American history”, in a bid to drastically reduce the number of undocumented migrants, and deter illegal crossings at the southern border.

Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States illegally.

Blanca Figueroa from Guatemala, who has a deportation order dating back to when she first entered the country illegally and asked for asylum in 2016, poses at her home's yard with her husband Severiano Martinez,

A Spanish Coast Guard vessel tows a fibreglass boat with migrants onboard to the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, December 25, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) - As many as 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa may have drowned,

Over 10,457 migrants lost their lives in their attempts to reach Spain by boat from West Africa in 2024, a new report has found. ・Over 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain from West Africa in 2024 ・Majority of the fatalities were from Pakistan ・Migrant rights group Walking Borders had alerted authorities about the missing boat The report