Obama claimed to prioritize criminals, and indeed a high percentage of deportees had criminal convictions—for instance, 91% in 2015 had such records The IndependentX (formerly Twitter). Interior removals, notably, were highly concentrated: more than 90% in 2016 involved serious criminals migrationpolicy.orgBipartisan Policy Center.
However, deeper investigations revealed that many deportees under Obama had only minor infractions—like traffic violations—or none at all. One study found that two-thirds of nearly two million deportees were minor offenders or without criminal records, and only 20% faced serious convictions