Overview
- ICE reported 442,637 deportations in fiscal year 2025, an increase of about 171,000 from the prior year, with about 38% involving people with criminal records.
- The agency’s FY2027 budget justification sets a target of 1,000,000 returns and removals per year for 2026 and 2027 and plans for at least 99,000 people in detention on any given day.
- ICE also proposes about $751 million in cuts to detention and removal‑transport spending, citing the extra money Congress approved in 2025 under the One Big, Beautiful Bill.
- The totals combine formal removals, which carry reentry bars, with voluntary returns, which are quicker departures without formal removal orders, and DHS has separately promoted “self‑deportation” figures without showing the methodology.
- Civil rights groups, immigration lawyers, and former immigration judges report abuses in detention, street‑level use of force, and pressure on courts as enforcement expands.