Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported almost 200,000 people in the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a senior Homeland Security official. This puts the agency on track for its highest number of removals in at least 10 years, though it still hasn’t reached the administration’s full deportation goal.
This number is part of the total deportations under Trump. Since January, nearly 350,000 people have been deported. This includes deportations by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Coast Guard, as well as people who chose to self-deport.
Before Trump became president, ICE recorded about 71,400 deportations between October 2024 and December. Adding those, ICE could exceed 300,000 deportations in fiscal year 2025, which ends September 30. The last time the agency had this many deportations was under President Barack Obama, with about 316,000 people removed in fiscal year 2014.
The Trump administration has used several federal agencies to strengthen immigration enforcement across the country, especially in cities like Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
CBP, which handles border security, recorded more than 132,000 deportations this year. The department also tracked about 17,500 self-deportations. Combined with ICE’s actions, that brings the total to nearly 350,000 deportations in the first seven months of Trump’s second term.
“In the face of a historic number of injunctions from activist judges, ICE, CBP, and the U.S. Coast Guard have made historic progress to carry out President Trump’s promise of arresting and deporting illegal aliens who have invaded our country,” the senior DHS official said. “Additionally, illegal aliens are hearing our message to leave now or face the consequence.”
However, senior Trump officials are privately frustrated that the agency still lags in immigration arrests. Interior arrests have ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 per day, about double what they were under the Biden administration, but still below the White House goal of 3,000 arrests a day.
Trump ran for president promising mass deportations, saying removing undocumented immigrants would be a top priority. The administration aims for one million deportations per year. While the number of deportations has increased, removing people in such large numbers has been difficult because of limited resources and staff.
ICE is preparing for a big boost in funding that could make operations much stronger. When Trump signed his agenda bill into law this summer, it made ICE one of the best-funded police forces in the federal government over the next four years.
ICE is expected to get nearly $75 billion through 2029. About $45 billion is for increasing space in immigration detention centers. The other $30 billion will go toward enforcement and removals — helping ICE officers arrest immigrants and transport them to detention centers.
DHS has also promoted programs to encourage people to leave the country voluntarily. This includes multimillion-dollar ad campaigns and financial incentives. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned these efforts in a White House Cabinet meeting this week, praising the president for his “strong message.”
