More than 271,000 migrants have been deported from the US in 2024 — a paltry 9% of the 2.9 million encountered this year at the nation’s borders, according to new data.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) saw its biggest tally of deportations the 2024 fiscal year since the Obama administration deported 316,000 undocumented migrants a decade ago, according to the annual report.
But immigration also had its biggest surge in US history under the Biden administration, surpassing even the Ellis Island era.
“Throughout the year, the agency was called on to do more without commensurate funding, working within the confines of strained resources and competing priorities while steadfastly supporting the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies in their efforts to secure the border,” said acting ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner in the yearly report.
Of those deported in 2024, nearly 89,000 faced criminal charges or convictions, according to ICE, with those arrested for homicide accounting for less than 1% of the arrests.
The latest figure, a 90% jump from deportation totals in 2023, also surpasses the highs of the Trump administration, where ICE reported 267,000 deportations in 2019.
ICE, which handles arrests and deportation, only removed 47,732 migrants in 2024, far below Trump’s 2019 number where nearly 86,000 migrants were apprehended inside the nation.
The Biden administration’s arrest numbers also represent a smaller percentage of his predecessor’s when compared to the sheer amount of people attempting to cross the border illegally. --->READ MORE HERE
US Border Patrol agents were forced to push back a sudden surge of migrants trying to cross the besieged southern border Wednesday — after a social media rumor on International Migrants Day sparked a frantic rush.
The agency warned that misinformation about an “open border” was being spread online early Wednesday, likely by human smugglers, urging migrants to undertake the dangerous trip to try to enter illegally through the El Paso crossing, according to Border Report.
“Rumors circulating on social media that areas between the ports of entry on the southwest border will be open for migration due to the International Migrants Day are patently false,” the Border Patrol said in a statement to try to dissuade migrants from making the trek.
International Migrants Day, which comes on Dec. 18, is a day to raise awareness of the contributions made by migrant communities across the world. It does not signify open borders of any kind.
Officials from the Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector warned that human smugglers, known as coyotes, were spreading the rumors with the goal of luring migrants to pay for their services in entering the US.
The campaign sparked a sudden rush to the US-Mexico border.
One such group was spotted Wednesday morning crossing the Rio Grande before being turned back by razorwire barriers and members of the Texas National Guard.
A group of migrants was also allegedly hit by pepper spray and balls trying to enter the US, according to a report from Juarez, with video showing the group coughing and struggling to breathe as they hurried away from the border. --->READ MORE HERE
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