ICE enforcement and removal statistics for Q2, Q3 of FY 2024 reflect nearly 70% increase over Q3 of FY 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement today updated its Enforcement and Removal Operations statistics page with data from the second and third quarters of fiscal year 2024. In the third quarter, ICE removed nearly 68,000 individual noncitizens — almost 1,000 more than in the second quarter. This reflects a 69% increase over removals during the third quarter in fiscal year 2023, and is more than 140% of ICE removals for all fiscal year 2023.

“With the public release of this enforcement data, ICE continues to demonstrate its commitment to keeping communities safe and focusing our enforcement resources on those who pose threats to public safety and national security,” said ICE Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director Patrick J. Lechleitner. “We will continue to evaluate and enhance how the agency communicates measurable data to the public.”

The data demonstrates the agency’s dedication to optimizing its resources to enforce U.S. immigration laws in the U.S. interior and remove individuals and families who have no legal basis to stay in the country. The data in the dashboard is independent from and does not include removals and returns by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or expulsions under the Title 42 public health order, which ended in May 2023.

The ERO dashboard currently displays enforcement data spanning fiscal year 2021 through the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 and tracks arrests, detention, removals and enrollments into ICE’s Alternatives to Detention program.

The ERO statistics page includes the following information:

• Arrests: Arrest data is available based on criminality, including noncitizens with U.S. criminal convictions, those with pending charges, and those with no convictions or pending charges but who have violated U.S. immigration laws. It also includes those who have repeatedly violated U.S. law by reentering after deportation or removal, immigration fugitives with final orders of removal from immigration judges who remain in the United States, and international fugitives wanted for crimes committed abroad.
• Detention: Detention data is available by country of citizenship and criminality. Most detained individuals are transferred from CBP custody following their apprehension at the border. Those with final orders of removal who will be imminently removed and those who are in mandatory detention or pose risks to national security or public safety are also in detention.
• Removals: ICE removals under Title 8 immigration authority include noncitizens processed by CBP for expedited removal or voluntary return who are turned over to ERO for detention and removal. Removal statistics highlight ERO’s commitment to fulfilling its important national security, public safety and border security missions, including high-profile removals of fugitives wanted for serious crimes in other countries. ERO is typically made aware of these individuals via Interpol notices. Other high-profile removals include known or suspected terrorists, those involved in counterproliferation crimes and those on the terrorist watch list or the no-fly list.
• Alternatives to Detention: The ATD program uses technology and case management to more closely monitor cases assigned to ICE’s non-detained docket. Officials assign participants a supervision level and the appropriate technology based on their current immigration status, criminal history, compliance history, community or family ties, being a caregiver or provider, and the presence of other humanitarian factors or medical conditions. ATD data includes technology types assigned to participants, such as proprietary hardware, GPS monitoring, telephonic reporting or, in some cases, no monitoring.

ERO identifies and arrests unlawfully present or otherwise removable noncitizen individuals and families without legal basis to stay in the country. Officers exercise prosecutorial discretion and prioritize enforcement actions based on department and agency priorities and other factors.

Learn more at ICE.gov/statistics.