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ICE deported 483,200 people in FY2026, a new agency-record. Detentions exceeded 491,000 in FY2026, also a historic high.
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Record ICE numbers
The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached a record high in fiscal year 2026 with 475,000 people arrested and 483,200 foreigners expelled from the country. DHS said the 483,200 deportations surpassed the previous record of 442,640 deportations in fiscal year 2025, and DHS said ICE’s total deportations in fiscal year 2026 were “practically equivalent” to 486,000 deportations carried out during the three full fiscal years of the administration of former President Joe Biden.
DHS said fiscal year 2026 spanned from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, and DHS said ICE achieved a record number of arrests in that period. DHS said ICE set a record last September, when it detained more than 48,000 immigrants and deported 44,000, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he was “proud” of the work of ICE agents.
Arrests, removals, scrutiny
CBS News said DHS figures showed ICE deported 483,200 people in fiscal year 2026, surpassing the previous record of 442,640 in fiscal year 2025, while ICE reported more than 491,000 immigration arrests during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
CBS News said administrative arrests were those in which alleged undocumented immigrants were arrested for civil violations rather than criminal charges, and CBS News said the records arrived as President Trump faced a politically complicated moment after midterm elections.
TRAC research center analysis raised questions for CBS News, and CBS News said researchers found that formal removals accounted for just 63% of deportations in July and August 2026.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement, “I couldn’t be prouder of the brave men and women of ICE, who just broke more historic records,” while CBS News noted that ICE’s deportation figures do not include governmentwide statistics and distinguish between formal removals, voluntary returns and voluntary departures.
Local enforcement and debate
In New Jersey, the Asbury Park Press said ICE apprehensions began to ramp up starting in November and that New Jersey saw two surges of ICE apprehensions, from Dec. 2025 to Jan. 2026 and from June to July 2026.
The Asbury Park Press said that of the 17,650 apprehended, 68% were deported from the United States as of Aug. 5, and the paper described ICE agents making stops in Freehold including Institute Street in the early morning of June 23.
The Asbury Park Press quoted community organizer Rosa describing an agent smashing a driver’s side window, saying, “He started hitting it with his elbow and then he started hitting it with his stick,” as eyewitnesses and video camera recordings documented agents grabbing people in stores, sidewalks and parking lots.
The Asbury Park Press said ICE officials did not respond to detailed questions and that an ICE spokesperson said, “ICE does not provide comment on its findings,” while the Deportation Data Project received its data from ICE and the paper said it verified detainee and eyewitness accounts using the database.
