Deportations Double Under Biden Administration Amid Surge in Border Crossings

Over 142,000 immigrants deported in fiscal year 2023, with non-detained illegal immigrant population rising to 6.2 million.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported more than 142,000 immigrants in fiscal year 2023, nearly double the number from the previous year.
Nearly 18,000 of those deported were parents and children traveling as family units, surpassing the 14,400 removed under the Trump administration in fiscal 2020.
The increase in deportations is more a reflection of the high numbers of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border than interior enforcement.
The number of non-detained illegal immigrants has soared from 3.7 million in FY 2021 to nearly 6.2 million in FY 2023.
The number of migrants on the deportation docket has risen from 2.6 million in fiscal 2018 to about 6.2 million last fiscal year.