(Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested and deported more illegal immigrants during the last fiscal year than at any time in its 23-year history, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump followed through on promises of mass deportations that helped win back the White House but also fueled the political blowback that led to Democrats’ overwhelming victory in last week’s midterm elections.
ICE said it deported 483,200 people in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the highest number since 2014, when 405,090 people were deported under former President Barack Obama.
The 2026 numbers were up 9% from its previous high of 442,640 in the same period a year earlier and up 78% from 271,480 in 2024, the last year of Joe Biden’s presidency.
ICE had not released such counts since Donald Trump returned to the White House, including for 2025.
“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to target and remove illegal aliens so that we can save American lives,” said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press
