ICE Reports Record 483,200 Deportations in 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported a record 483,200 deportations in fiscal 2026, 9% above its previous annual high and nearly 78% higher than in fiscal 2024. The agency also made more than 491,000 arrests, including nearly 475,000 civil administrative arrests that do not require criminal charges; the arrest total was roughly double the prior year’s. ICE’s deportation tally includes voluntary departures and returns, not only formal removal orders, and the data do not show how many people arrested had criminal histories; DHS has also released fewer detailed enforcement statistics than previous administrations. The figures reflect an expansion of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, while Trump has suggested it may have been too harsh and promoted its architect, Stephen Miller, to White House chief of staff. Polling cited by CBS shows growing unease about enforcement in communities.