The total number of expulsions is higher by about 171,000 people compared to the previous fiscal year (between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025).
A figure well below the one announced. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 442,637 people from the United States during the fiscal year 2025 (between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025), according to recently published statistics reviewed by Axios. Over 167,000 had criminal records (convictions and ongoing prosecutions). This represents approximately 38% of all expulsions, while the U.S. administration claims to be trying to focus, after the adoption of a law to that effect, on the deportation of the “worst of the worst.”
This figure, which was included in a budget justification report from the U.S. Congress, is the first official statistic on deportations published under the second administration of Donald Trump. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement had not updated its data since the presidential election in November 2024. The total number of expulsions is higher by about 171,000 people compared to the previous fiscal year, but it remains well below Donald Trump’s campaign commitment to deport one million people per year.
Reduction in Funds Planned for 2027
Furthermore, the highly publicized figure of “self-deportations” advanced by the Department of Homeland Security was not included in the report. Through the “CBP Home” app, undocumented persons can voluntarily decide to leave the American territory. In exchange, their plane ticket is funded, and they receive a $1,000 bonus. Press releases from the Department of Homeland Security mentioned more than two million people who had “self-deported,” without regularly publishing data.
The ICE report reviewed by Axios reveals that the goal of deporting one million people in the following fiscal year is still in place. However, the budget report from the Department of Homeland Security already anticipates less funding for the fiscal year 2027 compared to that of 2026.
The ICE indeed advocates for a reduction of $751 million in its budgets for immigrant detention and transportation, citing the billions of additional funding provided by the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” law adopted in August 2025.
