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How many people does the US deport each year?
The
Department of Homeland Security defines deportation as the removal or
return of a noncitizen from the United States.
But the pandemic
introduced another term to the discussion, “expulsion,” meaning a
COVID-19-related repatriation.
There are a few types of repatriations: removals, which are based on
an immigration judge’s order; returns, which are often voluntary; and
expulsions, which were based on health risks during the pandemic.
In 2023, 1.1 million people were repatriated from the US, down 25% compared to 2022.
Before the COVID-19 public health emergency, the US averaged 40,100
monthly repatriations. During the pandemic, they rose to a monthly
average of 105,000.
In August 2024 (the most recent month with data available), the US
removed about 28,100 people — up 9% compared to August 2023.
Eighty percent of removals in 2024 involved people without criminal convictions.
Over one-third of adults are having difficulty paying for their usual household expenses.
Some demographic groups are struggling more than others, including
adults between the ages of 25 and 54, multiracial people, and people in
larger households.
Over 40% of adults from ages 18 to 54 reported at least some
difficulty paying their bills in a survey conducted last summer,
compared to 36.4% of people 55 to 64 and 23.2% of people 65 and older.
Cisgender men reported the least difficulty, with 33.0% finding
their bills somewhat or very difficult to cover. In comparison, 40.0% of
cisgender women and 41.7% of transgender people had at least some
financial trouble, as did 51.8% of people who did not identify with any
gender category.
Among racial groups, multiracial adults reported the highest rate of
difficulty covering expenses at 49.2%, followed by Hispanic adults
(46.0%) and Black adults (44.6%).
Divorced people and people who had never married had higher rates of difficulty (45.9% and 42.1%) than married people (32.8%).
Households with children were more likely than those without to say
they were struggling at least somewhat by more than 13 points (45.7% to
32.6%).
Last Tuesday, the Office of Personnel Management sent an email to federal workers with a choice to resign from their positions by February 6 and retain their full pay and benefits through the end of September. Here’s the data on the millions the government employs, including the branches and states they work in.
The Trump administration recently froze and then unfroze federal payments for grants that fund nonprofits, research, and many other programs. See how many nonprofits there are in the US.
President Donald Trump also signed an executive order to end gender-affirming medical treatments for people under the age of 19. While we don’t have data on children and teens, here’s how many US adults identify as transgender.
US crude oil stockpiles rose last week while oil prices fell.
Twins are the most common type of multiple births:
in 2023, 3.06% of all birth events were twins. Higher-order multiples,
like triplets, were 62% less common in 2023 than in 1998.
Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time? Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
The pace of rocket launches has ballooned in recent years, making it a
challenge to know what mission is launching and when. In this launch
guide, the Space.com news team aims to keep you up to date on the latest
rocket launches.
If there is a rocket launch today, you'll details below on what vehicle it is (odds are high it would be SpaceX,
if we're being honest), as well as its mission and where to watch live
if a webcast is available. If there is NOT a rocket launch today, you'll
find an update on when the next mission is scheduled to fly.
Check out our Space Calendar for more details on future rocket launches, night sky events and more.
Tuesday
could break the record for most rocket launches in a 24-hour period.
Prepare to set your alarms early, because our day begins at a brisk 3:37 a.m. ET (0837 GMT). Well before the sun rises on Launch Complex-40 at Cap Canaveral Space Force Station, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Starlink batch 12-3 into low-Earth orbit, adding to the ever-growing constellation of internet satellites. SpaceX will stream that launch live through their profile on X, beginning at 3:30 a.m. ET (0830 GMT).
There
are plenty of hours until the next launch in the line-up, so feel free
to catch up on the sleep you missed watching Starlink. Next, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket is expected to launch the NS-29 suborbital mission from its Launch Site-1, in West Texas. The NS-29 launch window opens at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 GMT), and will be streamed on the Space.com homepage, as well as on the company's YouTube page.
Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket from New Zealand for the IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20) mission,
adding the final five IoT (Internet of Things) satellites to a
25-satellite constellation for tracking and real-time alerts across the
globe. That mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch
Complex 1, at 3:43 p.m. ET (2043 GMT, 11:43 a.m. local New Zealand time). The Rocket Lab launch will also be streamed on Space.com.
That
will be followed by another SpaceX launch, this time out of Launch
Complex-39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. A Falcon 9 will
launch a pair of Maxar Technology's WorldView Legion satellites, the final two in a 6-constellation Earth-observation group. Liftoff for the WorldView Legion launch is slated for 6:07 p.m. ET (2307 GMT). SpaceX will stream that launch live through their profile on X, beginning around 5:50 p.m. ET (2250 GMT).
Finally, capping off the potentially record-breaking day (barring any scrubs), a Russian Soyuz 2.1V/Volga rocket
will launch an unknown payload from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, in the
northwestern region of the country. The classified mission is scheduled
to launch at 10 p.m. ET (0300 GMT, Feb. 5).
SpaceX WorldView Legion launch delayed to Feb. 4
(Image credit: Lockheed Martin)
The SpaceX launch of Maxar Technology's WorldView Legion satellites was delayed one day, from its initial Feb. 3 window. The mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, now scheduled for Feb. 4, at 6:07 p.m. ET (2307 GMT).
Four other launches are also scheduled for tomorrow, beginning at 3:37 a.m. ET (0837 GMT) with a Starlink launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Blue Origin is expected to launch its New Shepard rocket on the NS-29 mission during a window that opens at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 GMT), from New Mexico. Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket from New Zealand for the IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20) mission, and a Russian Soyuz launch of an unknown payload is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET (0300 GMT, Feb. 5), to end the extremely busy day in rocket launches.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches a pair of Maxar WorldView Legion satellites, Aug. 15, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX)
February
is starting off hot, with three rocket launches in as many days, so far
this month, with another poised to liftoff before the day is through.
SpaceX will launch a pair of WorldView Legion
satellites built by Maxar Space Systems. The launch completes the
company's 6-satellite WorldVIew Legion group, part of a larger
10-satellite constellation of electro-optical satellites capable of
imaging rapidly changing areas on Earth up to every 20 to 30 minutes. The mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, during a launch window that opens at 6:41 p.m. ET (2341 GMT).
Bart De Wever is the first nationalist from Dutch-speaking Flanders to be named Belgian premier.
The
54-year-old, who in recent years has backed off on calls for Flanders
to become an independent country, took the oath of office before King
Philippe, in a ceremony at the royal palace in Brussels. . .From
there, he was expected to head straight to a gathering of EU leaders a
few blocks away for talks on defense and transatlantic relations.
(U) Embassy Kyiv did not implement adequate measures to preserve
federal records created using eMessaging platforms. Although Embassy
Kyiv distributed a Management Notice in April 2024 reminding staff of
federal records retention requirements, it did not institute additional
measures to ensure staff preserved records created or received using
eMessaging applications.
OIG also found that many Embassy Kyiv personnel
reported using the eMessaging platform Signal to conduct official
Department business but did not consistently preserve correspondence in
accordance with federal requirements.
(U) This occurred, in part, because Embassy Kyiv records management
officials did not prioritize Department requirements for preserving
records.
For example, Embassy Kyiv officials
did not consult the Bureau
of Administration or obtain its authorization to use Signal,
did not
assess the extent to which Signal was being used by embassy personnel to
conduct official business, and
did not issue a Management Notice to
remind staff of federal records retention requirements when using
eMessaging applications until April 2024, even though Signal had been
adopted for use at Embassy Kyiv in August 2022.
(U) Embassy Kyiv personnel also did not consistently preserve
electronic messages (eMessages) because current guidance for preserving
and protecting Signal messages used for official business is
insufficient.
According to both Department and Embassy Kyiv personnel,
Department procedures for preserving Signal messages are burdensome and
do not fully address the technical limitations and information security
vulnerabilities that personnel encounter when they attempt to preserve
messages.
(U) Until limitations in preserving Signal messages are addressed,
the Department remains at risk of losing official records related to
Embassy Kyiv’s operations—such as key communications with Ukrainian
counterparts and senior officials—contrary to record-keeping
requirements.
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