U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hit all-time highs for the number of arrests and deportations in fiscal year 2026, the agency said.
ICE reported more than 491,000 immigration arrests and more than 483,000 deportations, setting an agency record for deportations and arrests in any fiscal year, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“I couldn’t be prouder of the brave men and women of ICE, who just broke more historic records,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
Those figures amount to more than eight times as many deportations and six times as many arrests as in Biden’s first fiscal year, and more than twice as many deportations as in Obama’s final full fiscal year, ICE announced on social media.
ICE SHATTERS ARREST AND DEPORTATION RECORDS IN FY 2026
ICE recorded more than 491,000 immigration arrests and 483,000 deportations in FY 2026 — the highest totals in agency history, with more than EIGHT times as many deportations and SIX times as many arrests as in Biden’s first… pic.twitter.com/1CW8jyRXjk
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) November 12, 2026
“Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to remove illegal aliens and deliver on the mandate of the American people,” ICE officials said. “The patriots of ICE are delivering historic results, and the work to MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN will not slow down!”
Immigration officers made nearly 475,000 administrative arrests, which is the highest total in ICE’s history.
“In the month of September, ICE carried out more than 48,000 arrests, as well as 44,000 removals,” DHS said in a news release. “This arrest total represents a more than 300% increase over the average September during the Biden Administration.”
The figures align with several months of record-breaking arrests ICE announced over the summer.
August shattered the record for the most illegal immigrants arrested by ICE in a single month, at 50,925, DHS officials said.
In July, ICE reported 50,208 arrests, which topped the record set in June, when 43,900 illegal immigrants were arrested.
Despite ongoing threats and lawsuits, the Trump administration wasn’t deterred in its efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants from the country.
Fiscal year 2026 alone dwarfed deportation and arrest numbers from the entirety of the Biden administration, DHS said.
At the same time, migrant apprehensions at the U.S. Mexico border have “plummeted,” DHS said in a post on X. “We have secured the border and will continue to protect our homeland.”
PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.
Under @POTUS Trump, migrant apprehensions at the U.S. Mexico border have PLUMMETED. We have secured the border and will continue to protect our homeland. pic.twitter.com/Hi6iC5JTvN
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 13, 2026
As of October, the Trump administration has deported nearly 1.2 million illegal immigrants and arrested over 1.25 million illegal aliens, Mullin said.
“The total number of ICE arrests in Fiscal Year 2026 was more than all three full fiscal years under Biden combined, as the patriots of ICE work around the clock to make America safe again,” Mullin said. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to target and remove illegal aliens so that we can save American lives.”
Under Biden, the deportation total for fiscal years 2022, 2023 and 2024 combined hit 486,000.
ICE only reported 59,000 deportations in FY 2021, meaning the 2026 fiscal year total was more than eight times the number of deportations in Biden’s first fiscal year.
The agency boasted a similar record-setting number of arrests. ICE apprehended more illegal immigrants in FY 2026 than the entirety of the three full fiscal years under the Biden administration combined, at less than 427,000.
Biden’s first fiscal year in 2021 saw just over 74,000 arrests.
DHS recapped some of the “worst of the worst” arrested in fiscal year 2026, including murderers, child rapists, violent felons, international fugitives and illegal truck drivers accused of causing fatal crashes.
Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, from Mexico, was arrested in July. He has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated sexual battery after he allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered a 2-year-old girl in Louisa County, Virginia.
Felipe Linares De Oliveira Dell Aquilla, from Brazil, was taken into custody in June in Mooresville, North Carolina. He had ties to two terrorist organizations, serving as the commander of Primeiro Comando Da Capital and Comando Vermelho.
Aquilla had an international warrant in his home country for criminal association and extortion. At the time of his arrest, he was holding his own wife hostage as he prepared to flee to Mexico, DHS said.
Soili Xiomara Aparicio-Santos, from Honduras, had previously been convicted of second-degree attempted murder, first and second-degree attempted assault, and endangering the welfare of a child after she attempted to smother her one-day-old son with a pillow in New York. ICE arrested and deported Aparicio-Santos in April.
Tou Lue Vang, from Laos, was arrested Dec. 10, 2025. His criminal history includes a conviction for first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2006 after he repeatedly assaulted a girl between 2002 and 2004. In June, Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Clemency Review Commission voted to grant Vang a pardon. ICE deported Vang in July 2026.
Josue David Carranza-Castellon, from Honduras, was arrested in June at Newark International Airport in New Jersey as he attempted to flee the country.
Carranza-Castellon was wanted on charges of homicide – negligent manslaughter with a vehicle in Maryland. His criminal history includes a prior conviction for fourth-degree sex offense and an arrest for lewd or lascivious acts with a minor.
Georgii Gabiev, from Russia, was captured in June in Brooklyn, New York. Gabiev had pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide after causing a crash that killed American truck driver Tim Tarnowski in Chippewa County, Minnesota in March 2024.
Rajinder Kumar, from India, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangering after he jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer in Deschutes County, Oregon, causing a wreck that killed a newlywed couple.
Local authorities ignored an ICE detainer for Kumar and released him in April. ICE arrested him later the same month.
