ICE deported 483,200 people in fiscal 2026, setting agency record
Why it matters: The total topped ICE's prior high by 9% as the administration pushes toward a goal of 1 million deportations a year.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 483,200 people in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the highest annual total in the agency's 23-year history. ICE also reported 474,850 arrests over the same 12-month period, while other DHS figures cited total arrests at more than 491,000, including nearly 475,000 administrative arrests. The deportation count beat the previous record of 442,640 set a year earlier. August set a monthly arrest record at 50,925, and September logged more than 48,000 arrests. The figures come as the Trump administration presses for 1 million deportations annually and as the Supreme Court prepares to hear its asylum-ban policy at the southern border.