US Deportations Hit Record 483,200 in Fiscal Year 2026

November 13, 2026 | By Semahegn Nigatu

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 483,200 people in the 2026 fiscal year, the highest annual total in the agency’s history, as the Trump administration intensified its immigration enforcement operations.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said ICE also recorded more than 491,000 arrests during the fiscal year, which ended on September 30. The figures exceed the agency’s previous annual deportation record of 442,640, recorded in fiscal year 2025.

The latest deportation figure is nearly equivalent to the 486,000 removals recorded across fiscal years 2022, 2023 and 2024 combined, during the Biden administration, according to DHS.

ICE’s arrest total also exceeded the combined figure of fewer than 427,000 arrests recorded over those three fiscal years. The agency reported nearly 475,000 administrative arrests in fiscal year 2026.

In September alone, ICE carried out more than 48,000 arrests and 44,000 removals. DHS said the September arrest figure was more than 300 percent higher than the average for the same month during the Biden administration.

Monthly arrests also reached record levels during the final months of the fiscal year. ICE recorded 50,925 arrests in August, surpassing the previous monthly record of 50,208 set in July. June had recorded 43,900 arrests.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin attributed the increase to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, praising ICE personnel for what he described as record operational results.

The department also said that more than three million migrants had left the United States under Trump’s leadership. As of October, it reported nearly 1.2 million deportations and more than 1.25 million arrests.

Source: FSX Business News