The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Thursday, the 12th, that it had detained and deported more people in a recent 12-month period than at any other time in its 23-year history.
According to ICE, 483,200 individuals were deported in the fiscal year ending September 30, up 9% from the previous record of 442,640 deportations registered in the same period a year earlier, and up 78% in comparison with the 271,480 deportations in 2024, the last year of Joe Biden’s administration.
ICE also reported that 474,850 people were arrested in the most recent 12-month period, roughly double the 239,890 arrests recorded in the previous year and more than four times the total of 113,430 arrests counted in 2024.
The agency had not released such detailed figures since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, including data relating to 2025.
The figures presented in the press release did not specify how many of those detained or deported had criminal records, information that had been disclosed by previous administrations.
“Thanks to the leadership of President Trump, ICE has been given the freedom to identify and remove irregular migrants, so that we can save American lives,” said the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin.
ICE also reported that it conducted more than 48,000 arrests in September, ending a two-month streak of record highs, which peaked at 50,925 arrests in August.
