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You're not likely to find any good numbers. The immigration debate is pretty famous for having the government withhold obvious stats and academic researchers not looking into topics that could have results the left is uncomfortable with.
The other problem is how recent this all is. What numbers are eventually available for 2025 likely won't be released until early 2027.
My sense is that actually being deported incorrectly is pretty rare. There is a lot of due process, it's just in the immigration courts instead judicial branch courts. They sort out visa status issues pretty quickly. Things get tied up for years because defendants bring up a lot of long shot defences on humanitarian grounds.
There's probably a decent number of cases where someone is taken in but released in less than 48 hours after their identity is verified.
There's also a "the dog that didn't bark" aspect. If reporters had found a bunch of people improperly held for weeks or deported then they'd be making noise about specific cases. I haven't heard of any.
Also immigration enforcement has been so lax for so long, ICE has tons of low hanging fruit to go after.
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