# DHS says record number of illegal immigrants deported in past year

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dhs-says-record-number-of-illegal-immigrants-deported-in-past-year/
- Published: 2026-11-12T22:00:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T22:23:51+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/us-news/dhs-says-record-number-of-illegal-immigrants-deported-in-past-year/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- DHS reports a record 483,200 deportations in fiscal 2026.
- The total exceeds the previous year’s 442,640.
- TRAC says the figures may include voluntary departures.

## Summary

The Trump administration says the US deported 483,200 people in fiscal 2026, a record and an increase on the 442,640 reported for the previous year. The announcement matters because it presents a sharply different picture from an immigration data analysis published the day before, which said removals fell after Donald Trump took office in January 2025.

The Department of Homeland Security said the 2026 total was more than eight times the 59,000 deportations recorded in fiscal 2021 and also cited nearly 475,000 administrative arrests. It did not state how many deportees faced criminal charges. Syracuse University’s TRAC analysis, based on data through August obtained through Freedom of Information Act litigation, said DHS figures may combine formal removals with returns, including people who left voluntarily; unlike removals, returns do not legally bar re-entry.

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