“CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY”

Where it stands

ICE recorded 356,389 removals in fiscal year 2026 up to 11 July 2026 (ICE detention statistics, 20 July 2026), more than the 319,980 it recorded in fiscal year 2025 up to 20 September 2025; ICE counts returns and expulsions as removals. The highest yearly count of removals in DHS's records, which list returns separately, is 432,334, in fiscal year 2013 (Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, table 39). No full-year figure for fiscal year 2026 is published yet.

What has happened

1. 15 July 2024Promised. Delegates at the Republican National Convention adopt the 2024 platform, which opens with twenty promises
2. 20 January 2025In plan. Executive Order 14159 directs agencies to give priority to immigration enforcement, widen expedited removal, add detention facilities and expand 287(g) agreements with state and local police evidence
3. 4 July 2025Funded. Public Law 119-21 appropriates $45 billion for ICE detention capacity (section 90003) and $29.85 billion for ICE, starting with hiring and training (section 100052), available until 30 September 2029 evidence
4. 24 September 2025Delivering. ICE's detention statistics record 319,980 removals in fiscal year 2025 up to 20 September 2025 evidence
5. 20 July 2026Delivering. ICE's detention statistics record 356,389 removals in fiscal year 2026 up to 11 July 2026 evidence

More detail

Related promises

• RepublicansSeal the border“SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION”Delivering1. Seal the borderCost not stated15 July 2024Open the promise →
• RepublicansEnd inflation and make America affordable“END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN”In plan3. Inflation and pricesCost not stated15 July 2024Open the promise →
• RepublicansMake America the dominant energy producer“MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!”Delivering4. Energy productionCost not stated15 July 2024Open the promise →

Every promise in 2. Deportations