Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported more than 142,000 people in 2023, representing less than 5% of all immigrants encountered at the U.S. border.
In its 2023 annual report released last week, ICE was quick to point out that the number of deportations was twice as high as the previous year, but under President Joe Biden's administration the agency will deport fewer people than Donald Trump. Much less than during the administration.
For example, in fiscal year 2018, ICE expelled 265,000 people from the United States, more than 30% of the 680,000 immigrants encountered at the border that year.
In the year since Biden took office, the number of border encounters has nearly tripled, from 647,000 to 1.95 million, according to Customs and Border Protection statistics.
That same year, Biden announced new guidelines for how ICE should conduct immigration enforcement, resulting in only 59,000 deportations that year, the lowest number of deportations in six years. It became a number.
According to ICE's latest statistics, the agency deported more than 142,580 immigrants to about 180 countries last fiscal year, including more than 44,000 from the Interior and more than 98,000 from the border, the report said. Ta.
It also highlighted that ICE deported more noncitizens in 2023 than in 2022, due to changes in immigration patterns and the introduction of Title 42 and COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions in May. This was due to the cancellation.
“Of those removed, 108 were foreign fugitives wanted by governments for crimes including murder, rape, kidnapping, drug trafficking, assault, and sex crimes,” the report said. .
Among the deportees were 139 “known or suspected terrorists” and 3,406 “known or suspected gang members,” according to ICE.
Additionally, more than 60,000 noncitizens were deported under Title 42 public health orders prior to May 12 of last year.
“ICE continues to destroy transnational criminal organizations, eliminate threats to national security and public safety, maintain the integrity of U.S. immigration law, and work with our government and law enforcement colleagues to ensure that the U.S. We will continue to pursue our mission of keeping our communities safe,” said the ICE Deputy Director. Patrick J. Lechleitner said in his statement.
During fiscal year 2023, more than 2.47 million encounters with migrants were reported along the U.S.-Mexico border. According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
In fiscal year 2023, approximately 2.5 million people were arrested for illegally crossing the Mexico-US border, a record number, and there were also an estimated 670,000 “fugitives” who fled from authorities.
