ICE reports record-high immigration arrests and deportations since Trump’s return to White House
The totals topped the agency’s previous records as the Trump administration expands interior enforcement and faces criticism over arrests of people without criminal convictions.
- On Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported a record 483,200 deportations and more than 491,000 arrests during fiscal year 2026, marking historic highs for the agency under President Donald Trump.
- The crackdown received $75 billion in designated funding from a 2025 tax law, while Stephen Miller, the architect of the mass deportation campaign, was recently appointed White House chief of staff.
- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin characterized those targeted as the "worst of the worst," yet analysis found that over half of ICE arrests in July involved individuals without criminal convictions or pending charges.
- Following midterm election losses, Trump acknowledged his deportation policies may have been "too tough" and suggested potential cooperation with Democrats on future immigration legislation.
- Congressional Democrats have pledged increased scrutiny of ICE's spending and enforcement tactics once they take control of both chambers in January, though existing appropriations may constrain their ability to force policy changes.
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Trump had considerably tightened the deportation policy after taking office. Especially the criticism is the action of the ICE Migration Authority. Experts doubt the transparency of the information.
According to its own information, the competent migration authority ICE has never deported so many people within a year.
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welingelichtekringen.nlWASHINGTON (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - The US deported a record 483,000 people last year. This is according to figures published Thursday by the US immigration service ICE. According to the figures, ICE deported approximately 51 percent more people than a year earlier. ICE also reported...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 483,200 people in fiscal year 2026, which ended Sept. 30. That’s the highest annual number of deportations in the agency’s 23-year history, the Department of Homeland Security said. ICE also reported more than 491,000 immigration arrests. Nearly 475,000 of those were administrative arrests for alleged civil immigration violations, not detentions on criminal charges. Arrests accelerated over…
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. immigration agency ICE has significantly tightened the deportation policy. Human rights organisations criticize the action.
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