ICE Deports Nearly 500,000 Illegals in FY26 DHS just announced preliminary enforcement data for FY26, which ended on September 30. More than 491,000 immigration arrests led to 483,200 illegals being removed from the U.S., surpassing the previous single-year record of 442,640 removals set in FY25. In contrast, the Biden regime removed just 59,000 illegals in FY21 and 486,000 cumulatively from FY22 through FY24. Monthly ICE arrests continue to remain historically high: 50,208 in July, 50,925 in August, and more than 48,000 in September. “Fiscal Year 2026 saw the highest number of ICE deportations and arrests for any year in ICE’s history. September 2026 was the best September in ICE’s history in terms of arrests,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “The total number of ICE arrests in Fiscal Year 2026 was more than all three full fiscal years under Biden combined, as the patriots of ICE work around the clock to make America safe again.” In total, the current Trump administration has deported nearly 1.2 million illegals since January 2025 and officials assert roughly 2 million more have self-deported. President Trump has repeatedly stated that more than 20 million ‘migrants’ entered the U.S. during the Biden years and some experts, such as recently-retired U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, have estimated there could be 100 million illegal aliens in the U.S. “Joe Biden allowed 25 million people to come in,” President Trump told the media on Monday. “They came in illegally. Many of them have good jobs now. They’re productive. Some of them are even paying taxes. We’re seeing what’s going to happen. There won’t be amnesty.”