ICE says it deported a record 483,200 people in the United States in one year
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has said it arrested and deported more people during a recent 12-month period than at any time in its 23-year history. The agency gave the figures from Washington on Thursday.
ICE said it deported 483,200 people in the fiscal year that ended on September 30. That figure is 9 percent higher than its previous high of 442,640 in the same period a year earlier.
In 2024, the last year of Joe Biden's presidency, the number deported was 271,480. The latest figure is 78 percent higher than that.
Arrests rose as well. ICE arrested 474,850 people in the most recent 12-month period. A year earlier the figure was 239,890, so the latest arrests are roughly double that. In 2024 arrests stood at 113,430; the latest figure is more than four times that.
ICE had not released such precise counts since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, including for 2025.
The figures in the agency's press release do not provide a breakdown of how many of those arrested or deported had criminal histories. Previous administrations reported such breakdowns.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that thanks to President Trump's leadership, ICE had been unleashed to target and remove illegal aliens so that American lives could be saved.
ICE also said it made more than 48,000 arrests in September. In August the number of arrests had reached 50,925, part of a two-month run of record highs.
