ICE deported a record 483,200 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2026.
By Catholics for Catholics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained and deported more people during the last fiscal year than at any time in its 23-year history, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
ICE deported a record 483,200 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2026, surpassing the previous high as President Donald Trump’s administration strengthened its crackdown on illegal immigration.
The report shows that Trump kept his promises of mass deportations that helped him retake the White House in 2024, but that some say also allegedly provoked the political backlash that led to Democrats’ overwhelming victory in last week’s midterm elections.
The numbers released Thursday by the department show the enormous funding that has gone into amplifying immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, with more money for deportation officers, detention facilities and deportation flights, according to a story by Newsmax.
Obtained by CBS News from the Department of Homeland Security, the numbers mark the highest yearly deportation total in ICE history, exceeding the prior record of 442,640 set in fiscal 2025.
🚨 NOW: ICE announces ALL-TIME RECORD deportations of illegal aliens in fiscal year 2026 of 483,200 forced removals Total exits are over 3 MILLION Last record: FY2025, which was 442,640 deportations Keep going, MILLIONS TO GO. NONE of them can ever be given amnesty or the right to vote 🇺🇸
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 12, 2026
ICE is on a roll. During the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, ICE reported more than 491,000 immigration arrests including nearly 475,000 administrative arrests, setting another agency record.
The deportation total was almost 78% higher than the 271,484 recorded in fiscal 2024, the final full fiscal year of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
“I couldn’t be prouder of the brave men and women of ICE, who just broke more historic records,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told CBS News.
“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to target and remove illegal aliens so that we can save American lives.”
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