U.S. deportations at highest level since 2014, ICE report shows
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Source: Washington Post
December 19, 2024 at 4:52 p.m. EST
Updated yesterday at 4:52 p.m. EST
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 271,484 immigrants to nearly 200 countries last fiscal year, the highest tally in a decade, according to the agency’s annual report published Thursday.
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Most deportees had crossed the U.S. southern border illegally, part of a record number of people fleeing authoritarian regimes, poverty and economic collapse in the Western Hemisphere after the pandemic. The ICE report covered enforcement operations from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30.
The report is ICE’s final accounting of immigration enforcement under the Biden administration before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to immediately launch the largest deportation campaign in American history, though he has offered few or conflicting details about how he would manage it. Staffing levels of immigration enforcement officers have been stagnant for years.
“Our agency is chronically underfunded, but our workforce is adaptable, resilient and agile, and they set the bar high within the federal government,” said ICE’s top official Patrick J. Lechleitner, in a statement. “ICE is an apolitical agency, and one thing I can tell you about our workforce is that they’re here to investigate crimes and enforce the laws Congress sets forth.”
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/12/19/immigration-enforcement-deportations-biden/
Link to ICE REPORT (PDF) - https://www.ice.gov/doclib/eoy/iceAnnualReportFY2024.pdf
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