Most deportees under Trump are men, leaving women to care for families alone May 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT Just now The Trump administration’s vast deportation effort has led to the removal of an unusually high number of undocumented men who have lived and worked in the United States for years, according to a Washington Post analysis, upending the livelihoods and routines of scores of families. Men account for nine out of every 10 people who have been deported by federal immigration officers since President Donald Trump began his second term last year. That ratio is not new: Women have historically represented a smaller share of those in detention, even as rising numbers of families have arrived in recent years. But the characteristics of the men being taken into custody have changed, and the number of detainees has skyrocketed.…