ICE Brags of Record Deportations After Trump Criticism of Crackdown

WHO:

Fox News - Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced ICE’s arrest and deportation figures and credited President Trump’s leadership.

Fox News - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out the arrests and deportations.

Fox News - Mullin praised ICE employees, saying, “I couldn’t be prouder of the brave men and women of ICE, who just broke more historic records.”

Newsweek - ICE reported making more than 491,000 immigration arrests and deporting 483,200 people during fiscal year 2026.

Truthout - More than 7 in 10 people detained in ICE jails have no criminal record.

WHAT:

Fox News - DHS said fiscal year 2026 had the highest number of ICE arrests and deportations in the agency’s history.

Fox News - ICE made more than 491,000 arrests, including nearly 475,000 administrative arrests, a record for administrative arrests.

Fox News - ICE deported 483,200 people, exceeding the previous agency record of 442,640.

Fox News - Arrests exceeded the combined totals for fiscal years 2022, 2023 and 2024 by nearly 65,000; deportations fell fewer than 3,000 short of the combined total for those three fiscal years.

Fox News - Arrests were more than six times the number recorded during Joe Biden’s first fiscal year in office; deportations were more than eight times that figure.

Fox News - August 2026 saw 50,925 arrests, the highest monthly total in ICE history. September recorded more than 48,000 arrests, over 300% above the previous administration’s average for September.

Fox News - DHS said more than 3 million migrants had left the United States under Trump’s leadership. As of October, the administration had deported nearly 1.2 million people and arrested more than 1.25 million.

Newsweek - Reported the same fiscal-year totals: 483,200 deportations and more than 491,000 arrests.

WHY:

Fox News - Mullin said ICE had been “unleashed” under President Trump to “target and remove illegal aliens so that we can save American lives.”

HOW:

Fox News - DHS described nearly 475,000 arrests as administrative arrests.

(UPDATED November 13, 2026 21:04 UTC)

ICE reported a record 491,000 arrests and 483,200 deportations during fiscal year 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin credited President Trump and praised ICE employees.