According to recent data, deportation orders have again decreased. Data
from the Immigration Courts show that in November 2012, only 14,926 new
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filings seeking deportation
orders were submitted. This is a 5.7 percent decrease when compared to
October 2012 and a nearly 25 percent decrease when compared to average
FY 2012 levels.
Data analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
show that ICE deportation filings have been decreasing since 2009 and
continue to do so. These numbers are based on case-by-case information
obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act.
