The Associated Press reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported more than 270,000 noncitizens in 2024, “the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released” yesterday. “ICE, the main government agency responsible for removing people in the country illegally, had 271,484 deportations in its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, nearly double from 142,580 in the same period a year earlier.
It was ICE’s highest deportation count since 2014, when it removed 315,943 people. The highest it reached during Trump’s first term in the White House was 267,258 in 2019.”
The ICE press release on the report states that “[t]he number of noncitizens in ERO custody increased from 36,845 at the end of FY 2023 to 37,684 at the end of FY 2024. . . . Of the 271,484 ERO removals, 88,763 (32.7%) had criminal histories. Of the 271,484 ERO removals, 88,763 (32.7%) had criminal histories.”
