DHS: ICE Made More Than 491,000 Arrests and 483,200 Deportations in Fiscal Year 2026, Both Agency Records
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on November 12, 2026, that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out more than 491,000 immigration arrests and more than 483,000 deportations in fiscal year 2026, breaking the record for the highest totals in any fiscal year in the agency's history.
The exact deportation figure for fiscal year 2026 was 483,200, surpassing the previous record of 442,640 set in fiscal year 2025. DHS said the fiscal 2026 deportation total was almost the same as all three full fiscal years under the Biden administration (fiscal 2022, 2023 and 2024) combined, at 486,000, and more than eight times the just over 59,000 deportations recorded in fiscal 2021.
On arrests, the fiscal 2026 total included nearly 475,000 administrative arrests, which DHS said was by far the highest total in ICE's history. DHS said the year's arrest total was greater than the three full Biden-administration fiscal years combined, at less than 427,000.
By month, ICE carried out more than 48,000 arrests and 44,000 removals in September 2026. August set the record for the most arrests by ICE in a single month, at 50,925, breaking the previous records set in July 2026 (50,208) and June 2026 (43,900).
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said fiscal year 2026 saw the highest number of ICE deportations and arrests for any year in the agency's history, and that September 2026 was the best September in ICE's history in terms of arrests.
DHS also gave cumulative figures for the current Trump administration: more than 3 million migrants have left the United States, and as of October the administration had deported nearly 1.2 million people and arrested over 1.25 million. The annual and cumulative figures above are the official statistics published by DHS in this announcement.
(Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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