# ICE touts record number of deportations in agency’s history

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ice-touts-record-number-of-deportations-in-agencys-history/
- Published: 2026-11-13T23:35:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T01:04:10+00:00
- Original publisher: PBS NewsHour (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ice-touts-record-number-of-deportations-in-agencys-history
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- ICE reported more than 483,000 deportations in the last fiscal year.
- Arrests also reached a record, topping 491,000.
- Immigration court capacity may limit the administration’s one-million target.

## Summary

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 491,000 people and deported over 483,000 in the last fiscal year, setting records, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Trump administration has highlighted the figures as it pursues a goal of one million deportations a year, reflecting a faster pace of immigration enforcement.

Former acting ICE director John Sandweg said the rise points to increased arrests and faster processing and removals. He noted that an earlier record of 410,000 removals in 2012 included more than 250,000 people apprehended at the border, who could often be deported more quickly. Reaching one million may be difficult because many cases involving people in the US interior require immigration court hearings, and Sandweg said the courts have not received a major expansion of resources.

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