Fiscal Year 2011 saw U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
break a new record for the amount of people deported from the United
States. From July 2010 to June 2011, a total of 400,000 people were
deported from the U.S., the largest number ever recorded by ICE.
According to ICE, these numbers “underscore the administration’s focus
on removing individuals … that fall into priority areas.” These
priority areas include people who break laws, are threats to national
security or are repeat violators.
In Fiscal Year 2011, a total of 396,906 people were removed from the
U.S. Out of those 216,698 were convicted of felonies or misdemeanors. A
breakdown of categories is shared below:
1,119 – homicide
5,848 – sexual offenses
44,653 – drug-related crimes
35,927 – driving under the influence
