ICE Trends Show Major Policy Shifts Across Presidential Administrations

This report, which shows noncitizen removal statistics from 2008-2022, was released by the United States Office of Homeland Security. The reports for 2023 and 2024 are not available at this time. For a more detailed report, please click on the link below. 1. Removals are the compulsory and confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable noncitizen out of the United States based on an order of removal. A noncitizen who is removed has administrative or criminal consequences placed on subsequent reentry owing to the fact of the removal. 2. Returns are the confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable noncitizen out of the United States not based on an order of removal. Administrative returns include crew members from 2005 to 2017, and both crew members and administrative withdrawals since 2018. Administrative withdrawals are withdrawals of application for admission that are terminated without prejudice. Enforcement returns are all returns with the exception of crew members and administrative withdrawals. 

Source: Office of Homeland Security Statistics.