Posted on 11/13/2026 11:58:07 AM PST by thegagline
The Trump administration said Thursday that it deported a record number of illegal immigrants in the past year — with nearly a half-million people living in the US without legal permission forced to return to their homelands.
About 60% of those removed since President Trump returned to office were charged with or convicted of a crime within the US ***
The Thursday announcement did not provide detailed criminal statistics on the 483,200 removals in fiscal 2026,***
The number outpaced the 442,640 deportations in the prior year, which included most of Trump’s first year back in power.
Both years dwarfed the annual tallies under former President Joe Biden — with the latest number roughly equal to three years of enforcement under the prior administration.
“FY26’s total is also more than eight times the number of deportations in Biden’s first fiscal year, as FY21 saw just over 59,000 deportations,” DHS said.
“FY26’s arrest total includes nearly 475,000 administrative arrests, which is by far the highest total in ICE’s history.”
The release came one day after Syracuse University’s well-regarded immigration data hub reported that “contrary to news reporting and public perception, the number of individuals removed from the United States actually declined after President Trump assumed office in January 2025.” ***
The discrepancy may be because, according to TRAC, the DHS figures count people who voluntarily self-deported — something that can be stipulated to curtail court proceedings, and which the Trump administration also incentivized with free plane tickets and $3,000.
“When ICE speaks about removals, in the fine print they usually include removals plus returns,” TRAC reported. “Removals bar an individual from legally returning to the United States for a period of years. For returns, reentry is not legally barred.”
DHS did not provide further clarification when asked for comment.
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1. At this rate—using FAIR’s own numbers—it will take over 37 more years to purge the country of illegal aliens. That is not enforcement. That is surrender dressed up as process.
2. For the cost of the Iran war, 2,350 miles of border wall could have been built. Remember that the next time the latest wave of 2,000 illegals surges across the border in the coming weeks. The money was there. The priority was not.
3. This country is crawling with illegals—a direct and entirely predictable result of this administration’s deliberate refusal to hunt down, prosecute, and imprison the employers who knowingly hire them. Instead of cutting off the cash that keeps them here, they shielded the businesses that profit from illegal labor. Sever that pipeline and mass self-deportation would have followed almost immediately. They chose not to.
“DHS says record number of illegal immigrants deported in past year”. I guess they didn’t like paying taxes.
And that assumes that NO more illegal aliens enter the country during those 37 years. The odds of that? ZERO.
Speaking of illegal aliens, this afternoon the Supreme Court granted cert in MULLIN, SEC. OF HOMELAND, ET AL. V. REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT, ET AL.
“Writ of certiorari is granted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition.”
• Question 1: Whether Presidential Proclamation No. 10,888 and its implementing guidance—which suspend certain noncitizen entries and block access to statutory protections like asylum—are lawful.
• Question 2: Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(f)(1) prohibits the district court from issuing class-wide injunctive relief.
Lower Court Holding: The D.C. Circuit ruled that executive authority to suspend entry does not allow the administration to override mandatory Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) removal procedures or issue categorical denials of asylum and statutory protections.
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