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Fiscal Year 2018 ICE Enforcement 

and Removal Operations Report 

Overview 

This report summarizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal 

Operations (ERO) activities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. ERO identifies, arrests, and removes aliens who 

present a danger to national security or a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine border 

control and the integrity of the U.S. immigration system. ICE shares responsibility for administering and 

enforcing the nation’s immigration laws with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services.

During FY2018, ICE ERO continued its focus on priorities laid out by two primary directives issued in 

2017. On January 25, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 13768, Enhancing Public

Safety in the Interior of the United States (EO), which set forth the Administration’s immigration 

enforcement and removal priorities. Subsequently, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 

February 20, 2017 implementation memorandum, Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the 

National Interest provided further direction for the implementation of the policies set forth in the EO. 

Together, the EO and implementation memorandum expanded ICE’s enforcement focus to include 

removable aliens who (1) have been convicted of any criminal offense; (2) have been charged with any 

criminal offense that has not been resolved; (3) have committed acts which constitute a chargeable 

criminal offense; (4) have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official 

matter before a governmental agency; (5) have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits; 

(6) are subject to a final order of removal but have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the 

United States; or (7) in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or 

national security. The Department continued to operate under the directive that classes or categories of 

removable aliens are not exempt from potential enforcement.

ICE ERO continued efforts under the direction of the 2017 EO and implementation memorandum by 

placing a significant emphasis on interior enforcement by protecting national security and public safety 

and upholding the rule of law. This report represents an analysis of ICE ERO’s FY2018 year-end statistics 

and illustrates how ICE ERO successfully fulfilled its mission while furthering the aforementioned 

policies.

FY2018 Enforcement and Removal Statistics

As directed in the EO and implementation memorandum, ICE does not exempt classes or categories of 

removable aliens from potential enforcement. This policy directive is reflected in ERO’s FY2018

enforcement statistics, which show consistent increases from previous fiscal years in the following 

enforcement metrics: (1) ICE ERO overall administrative arrests; (2) an accompanying rise in overall ICE 

removals tied to interior enforcement efforts; (3) ICE removals of criminal aliens from interior 

enforcement; (4) ICE removals of suspected gang members and known or suspected terrorists; (5) positive 
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impact on ICE removals from policy initiatives including visa sanctions and diplomatic relations; (6) ICE 

ERO total book-ins and criminal alien book-ins; and (7) ICE ERO Detainers.

ICE ERO Administrative Arrests 

An administrative arrest is the arrest of an alien for a civil violation of U.S. immigration laws, which is 

subsequently adjudicated by an immigration judge or through other administrative processes. With 

158,581 administrative arrests in FY2018, ICE ERO recorded the greatest number of administrative 

arrests1 as compared to the two previous fiscal years (depicted below in Figure 1), and the highest number 

since FY2014. ICE ERO made 15,111 more administrative arrests in FY2018 than in FY2017, 

representing an 11 percent increase, and a continued upward trend after FY2017’s 30 percent increase 

over FY2016. 

Figure 1. FY2016 – FY2018 ERO Administrative Arrests 

Administrative Arrests of Immigration Violators by Criminality

ICE remains committed to directing its enforcement resources to those aliens posing the greatest risk to 

the safety and security of the United States. By far, the largest percentage of aliens arrested by ICE are 

convicted criminals2 (66 percent), followed by immigration violators with pending criminal charges3 at 

the time of their arrest (21 percent). In FY2018, ERO arrested 138,117 aliens with criminal histories

(convicted criminal and pending criminal charges) for an increase of 10,125 aliens over FY2017. This 

continued the growth seen in FY2017 when ERO arrested 26,974 more aliens with criminal histories than 

in FY2016 for a 27 percent gain. While the arrests of convicted criminals remained relatively level from 

FY 2017 to FY2018 at 105,736 and 105,140 respectively, administrative arrests with pending criminal 

charges increased by 48 percent. This continues the upward trend seen in FY2017, where arrests with 

pending charges increased by 255 percent over FY2016. Figure 2 provides a breakdown of FY2016, 

FY2017, and FY2018 administrative arrests by criminality.

 1 ERO administrative arrests include all ERO programs. All statistics are attributed to the current program of the processing 

officer of an enforcement action. 

2 Immigration violators with a criminal conviction entered into ICE systems of record at the time of the enforcement action. 3 Immigration violators with pending criminal charges entered into ICE system of record at the time of the enforcement action.
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Figure 2. FY2016 – FY2018 ERO Administrative Arrests by Criminality

Below, Table 1 tallies all pending criminal charges and convictions by category for those aliens 

administratively arrested in FY2018 and lists those categories with at least 1,000 combined charges and 

convictions present in this population. These figures are representative of the criminal history as it is

entered in the ICE system of record for individuals administratively arrested. Each administrative arrest 

may represent multiple criminal charges and convictions, as many of the aliens arrested by ERO are 

recidivist criminals. 
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Table 1. FY2018 Criminal Charges and Convictions for ERO Administrative Arrests

Notes: Immigration crimes include “illegal entry,” “illegal reentry,” “false claim to U.S. citizenship,” and “alien smuggling.” “Obstructing 

Judiciary& Congress& Legislature& Etc.,” refers to several related offenses including, but not limited to: Perjury; Contempt; Obstructing 

Justice; Misconduct; Parole and Probation Violations; and Failure to Appear. “General Crimes” include the following National Crime 

Information Center (NCIC) charges: Conspiracy, Crimes Against Person, Licensing Violation, Money Laundering, Morals - Decency Crimes, 

Property Crimes, Public Order Crimes, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), and Structuring.
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As a result of ERO’s enhanced enforcement efforts directed at restoring the integrity of the immigration 

system, the percentage of administrative arrests of other immigration violators4 increased from FY2017

(11 percent) to FY2018 (13 percent). Of this population of immigration violators arrested in FY2018, 

Table 2 shows that 57 percent were processed with a notice to appear5 while 23 percent were ICE 

fugitives6 or subjects who had been previously removed, illegally re-entered the country (a federal felony 

under 8 U.S.C § 1326) and served an order of reinstatement.7 Both the number of fugitive and illegal reentry arrests continued a three-year trend by increasing 19 percent and 9 percent, respectively, in FY2018.

Table 2. FY2016 – FY2018 ERO Administrative Arrests of Other Immigration Violators by Arrest Type8

At-Large Arrests

An ERO at-large arrest is conducted in the community, as opposed to a custodial setting such as a prison 

or jail.9 While at-large arrests remained consistent, with a 1 percent overall increase from 40,066 in 

FY2017 to 40,536 in FY2018 (Figure 3), at-large arrests levels remain significantly higher compared to 

the 30,348 from FY2016. At-large arrests of convicted criminal aliens decreased by 13 percent in FY2018

as shown in Figure 4. However, this group still constitutes the largest proportion of at-large apprehensions

(57 percent). Increases year-over-year in at-large arrests of aliens with pending criminal charges (35

percent) and other immigration violators (25 percent) offset the decrease in arrests of convicted criminals.

The increased enforcement of these populations without criminal convictions add to the increases seen in 

FY2017 for pending criminal charges (213 percent) and other immigration violators (122 percent). Again, 

this demonstrates ERO’s commitment to removing criminal aliens and public safety threats, while still 

faithfully enforcing the law against all immigration violators. 

 4 “Other Immigration Violators” are immigration violators without any known criminal convictions or pending charges entered 

into ICE system of record at the time of the enforcement action.

5 A Notice to Appear (Form I-862) is the charging document that initiates removal proceedings. Charging documents inform 

aliens of the charges and allegations being lodged against them by ICE. 6 A fugitive is any alien who has failed to leave the United States following the issuance of a final order of removal, deportation, 

or exclusion. 7 Section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides that DHS may reinstate (without referral to an 

immigration court) a final order against an alien who illegally reenters the United States after being deported, excluded, or

removed from the United States under a final order.

8 “Other” types of arrests of Other Immigration Violators include, but are not limited to, arrests for Expedited Removal, Visa 

Waiver Program Removal, Administrative Removal, and Voluntary Departure/Removal.

9 ERO administrative arrests reported as “at-large” include records from all ERO Programs with Arrest Methods of Located, 

Non-Custodial Arrest, or Probation and Parole.
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Figure 3. FY2016 – FY2018 At-Large Administrative Arrests

Figure 4. FY2016 – FY2018 At-Large Administrative Arrests by Criminality

Rise in ICE Removals through enhanced Interior Enforcement

The apprehension and removal of immigration violators is central to ICE’s mission to enforce U.S. 

immigration laws. In addition to the 11 percent increase in ERO administrative arrests from FY2017 to 

FY2018, ERO also made significant strides in removing aliens arrested in the interior of the country 

(Figure 5). Such removals stem from an ICE arrest and is the ultimate goal of the agency’s interior 

immigration enforcement efforts. Interior ICE removals continued to increase in FY2018, as ICE removed 

13,757 more aliens in this category than it did in FY2017, a 17 percent increase (Figure 5). The increases 

in both ERO administrative arrests and removals based on these interior arrests demonstrate the significant 

successes ICE achieved during FY2018, as well as the increased efficacy with which the agency carried 

out its mission. 
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Figure 5. FY2016 – FY2018 Interior ICE Removals

Criminal Arrests and Prosecutions 

While ICE ERO showed significant gains in all meaningful enforcement metrics, perhaps none are more 

impressive nor have made more of an impact on public safety than its prosecutorial efforts. In conjunction 

with the United States Attorney’s Office, ERO enforces violations of criminal immigration law through 

the effective prosecution of criminal offenders.

In FY2018, ERO’s efforts resulted in the prosecutions of offenses which include, but are not limited to: 8 

U.S.C § 1325, Illegal Entry into the United States; 8 U.S.C § 1326, Illegal Re-Entry of Removed Alien; 18 

U.S.C § 1546, Fraud and Misuse of Visas, Permits and Other Documents; 18 U.S.C § 111, Assaulting 

and/or Resisting an Officer; and 18 U.S.C § 922(g)(5), Felon in Possession of a Firearm. 

In FY2017, ERO made 5,790 criminal arrests resulting in 4,212 indictments or Bills of Information and 

3,445 convictions. While these FY2017 numbers showed moderate increases over FY2016 in criminal 

arrests and indictments or Bills of Information, in FY2018 ERO made 7,449 criminal arrests resulting in 

7,326 indictments or Bills of Information and 7,197 convictions. This surge in enforcement efforts directed 

at criminal aliens and repeat offenders reflects a 29 percent increase in criminal arrests, a 74 percent 

increase in indictments or Bills of Information, and a 109 percent increase in criminal convictions to 

reverse a downturn from FY2017 (Figure 6).

Figure 6. FY2016 – FY2018 Prosecution Statistics
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Initial Book-ins to ICE Custody

An initial book-in is the first book-in to an ICE detention facility to begin a new detention stay. This 

population includes aliens initially apprehended by CBP who are transferred to ICE for detention and 

removal. As seen in Figure 7, while overall ICE initial book-ins went down in FY2017 (323,591) 

compared to FY2016 (352,882), total book-ins increased in FY2018 to 396,448, illustrating the ongoing 

surge in illegal border crossings. 

Figure 7 shows the number of book-ins resulting from ICE and CBP enforcement efforts for FY2016, 

FY2017, and FY2018.

10 Notably, book-ins from CBP increased 32 percent in FY2018 to 242,778, while 

book-ins from ICE arrests continued an upward trend from FY2017’s 29 percent increase with an 

additional increase of 10 percent in FY2018.

Figure 7. FY2016 – FY2018 Initial Book-ins to ICE Detention by Arresting Agency

 10 CBP enforcement efforts represent records that were processed by Border Patrol, Inspections, Inspections-Air, InspectionsLand, and Inspections-Sea. 
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Detainers 

A detainer is a request to the receiving law enforcement agency to both notify DHS as early as practicable 

before a removable alien is released from criminal custody, and to maintain custody of the alien for a 

period not to exceed 48 hours beyond the time the alien would otherwise have been released to allow 

DHS to assume custody for removal purposes. ICE issues detainers to federal, state, and local law 

enforcement agencies only after establishing probable cause that the subject is an alien who is removable 

from the United States and to provide notice of ICE’s intent to assume custody of a subject detained in 

that law enforcement agency’s custody. The detainer facilitates the custodial transfer of an alien to ICE 

from another law enforcement agency. This process may reduce potential risks to ICE officers and to the 

general public by allowing arrests to be made in a controlled, custodial setting as opposed to at-large 

arrests in the community. 

The cooperation ICE receives from other law enforcement agencies is critical to its ability to identify and 

arrest aliens who pose a risk to public safety or national security. Some jurisdictions do not cooperate with 

ICE as a matter of state or local law, executive order, judicial rulings, or policy. All detainers issued by 

ICE are accompanied by either: (1) a properly completed Form I-200 (Warrant for Arrest of Alien) signed 

by a legally authorized immigration officer; or (2) a properly completed Form I-205 (Warrant of 

Removal/Deportation) signed by a legally authorized immigration officer, both of which include a 

determination of probable cause of removability. 

Issued Detainers

In FY2018, ERO issued 177,147 detainers – an increase of 24 percent from the 142,356 detainers issued 

in FY2017 (Figure 8). This number demonstrates the large volume of illegal aliens involved in criminal 

activity and the public safety risk posed by these aliens, as well as ERO’s commitment to taking 

enforcement action against all illegal aliens it encounters. The rise in detainers issued continues the trend 

from FY2017’s 65 percent growth over FY2016 and shows a consistent focus on interior enforcement, 

particularly for those aliens involved in criminal activity, despite continued opposition and lack of 

cooperation from uncooperative jurisdictions.

Figure 8. FY2016 – FY2018 ERO Detainers Issued 
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ICE Removals

Integral to the integrity of the nation’s lawful immigration system is the removal of immigration violators 

who are illegally present in the country and have received a final order of removal.11 A removal is defined 

as the compulsory and confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United 

States based on such an order.12 ICE removals include both aliens arrested by ICE and aliens who were 

apprehended by CBP and turned over to ICE for repatriation efforts. In FY2018, ICE saw a significant 

increase in both overall removals as well as removals where ICE was the initial arresting agency.

Figure 9 displays total ICE removals for FY2016, FY2017, and FY2018 and highlights the 13 percent 

increase from 226,119 to 256,085 in FY2018. After a drop in FY2017 overall removals stemming from

historic lows in border crossings, ICE removals rebounded in FY2018, with the previously identified 17 

percent increase stemming from both strengthened ICE interior enforcement efforts as well as an 11

percent increase in removals of border apprehensions. 

Figure 10 breaks down ICE removals by arresting agency, which demonstrates a 46 percent increase from 

FY2016 to FY2018 (from 65,332 to 95,360) in removals tied to ICE arrests.

Figure 9. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals

 11 ICE removals include removals and returns where aliens were turned over to ICE for removal efforts. This includes aliens processed for Expedited 

Removal (ER) or Voluntary Return (VR) that are turned over to ICE for detention. Aliens processed for ER and not detained by ERO or VRs after June 1st, 

2013 and not detained by ICE are primarily processed by the U.S. Border Patrol. CBP should be contacted for those statistics.

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Figure 10. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals by Arresting Agency

Figure 11 shows the breakdown of ICE removals based on criminal history. ICE removals of convicted 

criminals followed overall removal trends with a small decrease from 138,669 in FY2016 to 127,699 in 

FY2017, while rising to 145,262 in FY2018, a 14 percent increase. Over this same period, ICE removals 

of aliens with pending criminal charges has steadily increased from 12,163 in FY2016 to 16,374 in 

FY2017 for a 35 percent increase and to 22,796 in FY2018 for another 39 percent increase over the 

previous year. 

Figure 11. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals by Criminality

ICE Removals to Ensure National Security and Public Safety

ICE removals of known or suspected gang members and known or suspected terrorists (KST) are 

instrumental to ICE’s national security and public safety missions, and the agency directs significant 

resources to identify, locate, arrest, and remove these aliens. 

ICE identifies gang members and KSTs by checking an alien’s background in federal law enforcement 

databases, interviews with the aliens, and information received from law enforcement partners. This 

information is flagged accordingly in ICE’s enforcement systems. These populations are not mutually 

exclusive, as an alien may be flagged as both a known or suspected gang member, and a KST. As seen in 

Figure 12, ICE removals of known and suspected gang members increased by 162 percent in FY2017, 
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more than doubling from the previous year. These critical removals increased again in FY2018, rising by 

9 percent from FY2017. ICE’s KST removals also rose significantly between FY2016 and FY2017

(Figure 13), increasing by 67 percent, while removals of aliens in this group were relatively level in 

FY2018, with ICE conducting 42 removals compared to 45 in FY2017.

Figure 12. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals of Known or Suspected Gang Members

Figure 13. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals of Known or Suspected Terrorists

Removals of USBP Family Unit and Unaccompanied Alien Children Apprehensions

Since the initial surge at the Southwest border SWB) in FY2014, there has been a significant increase in 

the arrival of both family units (FMUAs) and unaccompanied alien children (UACs). In FY2018, 

approximately 50,000 UACs and 107,000 aliens processed as FMUAs were apprehended at the SWB by 

the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP). These numbers represent a marked increase from FY2017, when 

approximately 41,000 UACs and 75,000 FMUA were apprehended by USBP. While USBP routinely turns 

FMUA apprehensions over to ICE for removal proceedings, ICE is severely limited by various laws and 

judicial actions from detaining family units through the completion of removal proceedings. For UAC 

apprehensions, DHS is responsible for the transfer of custody to the Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) within 72 hours, absent exceptional circumstances. HHS is similarly limited in their ability 

to detain UACs through the pendency of their removal proceedings. When these UACs are released by 
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HHS, or FMUA are released from DHS custody, they are placed onto the non-detained docket, which 

currently has more than 2,641,589 cases and results in decisions not being rendered for many years. 

Further, even when removal orders are issued, very few aliens from the non-detained docket comply with 

these orders and instead join an ever-growing list of 565,892 fugitive aliens.

In FY2018, ICE removed 2,711 aliens identified as FMUAs from USBP apprehension data. As seen in

Figure 14, this number is up from 2,326 removals of FMUAs in FY2017, resulting in a 17 percent 

increase. This maintains the upward trend from FY2017, where ICE removals of this population increased 

by 35 percent over FY2016 (1,728). ICE similarly identifies UACs based on USBP apprehensions, and in 

FY2018 ICE removed 5,571 UACs, a 55 percent increase over the 3,598 UACs removed in FY2017

(Figure 15). FY2017 similarly showed an increase in UAC removals when ICE removed 41 percent more 

UACs compared to FY2016’s 2,545. Most of the remaining population of UAC and FMUA who have 

been apprehended, remain in the country awaiting completion of their removal proceedings or defying 

removal orders.

Figure 14. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals of USBP-Identified Family Unit Apprehensions

Figure 15. FY2016 – FY2018 ICE Removals of USBP-Identified UAC Apprehensions
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Effects of Visa Sanctions and Diplomatic Relations

On September 13, 2017, DHS announced the implementation of visa sanctions13 on Cambodia, Eritrea, 

Guinea, and Sierra Leone due to a lack of historical cooperation from these countries with regard to

accepting their nationals who have been ordered removed. In coordination with the U.S. Department of 

State (DoS), consular officers in these countries were ordered to implement visa restrictions on specific 

categories of visa applicants. The categories were determined on a country-by-country basis. If the 

impacted countries did not respond appropriately, the scope of the sanctions could be expanded to include 

more visa applicant categories. The result of these sanctions can be seen in the ICE removals statistics for 

these countries in Table 3. All the countries with newly-issued visa sanctions have greater removals in 

FY2018 than in FY2017. In addition to visa sanctions, DHS and DoS have coordinated to improve 

diplomatic relations with Cuba, resulting in a 189 percent increase of Cuban national removals from 

FY2017 to FY2018. ICE continues to work with DHS and DoS to invoke visa sanctions where 

appropriate for the purpose of fostering better cooperation with foreign countries in the context of 

removals. 

Table 3. FY2017 – FY2018 ICE Removals from Visa Sanction Countries and Cuba

Conclusion 

As the agency primarily responsible for immigration enforcement efforts in the interior of the United 

States, ICE plays a critical role in fulfilling the requirements laid out in The President’s EO and DHS’ 

subsequent implementation memorandum. The statistics in this report illustrate ICE’s commitment to 

these policies and success in implementing them during FY2018. 

ICE ERO’s FY2018 statistics demonstrate the agency’s strengthened interior enforcement measures and 

show significant success in identifying, arresting, and removing aliens who are in violation of U.S. law, 

particularly those who pose a public safety or national security threat. This was accomplished despite 

limited resources and an increasingly challenging operational environment. 

In FY2018, ICE ERO conducted 158,581 overall administrative arrests, 15,111 more than in FY2017, 

while it conducted 256,085 removals – the highest level since FY2014, resulting in a more than 10 percent 

increase in overall arrests and removals. ICE continues to prioritize its limited resources on public safety 

threats and immigration violators, as reflected by the fact that, like in FY2017, 9 out of 10 ERO 

administrative arrests had either a criminal conviction(s), pending charge(s), were an ICE fugitive, or 

illegally reentered the country after previously being removed. These results clearly demonstrate that the 

increased enforcement productivity in FY2017 has maintained an upward trend, and that ICE’s efforts to 

 13 Section 243(d) of the INA states that, upon notification from the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State shall 

direct consular officers to stop issuing visas to immigrants, nonimmigrants, or both, from countries that unreasonably delay or 

fail entirely to repatriate their nationals.
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restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system and enhance the safety and security of the United 

States have continued to yield positive results.
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Appendix A: Methodology 

Data Source:

Data used to report ICE statistics are obtained through the ICE Integrated Decision Support (IIDS) system 

data warehouse. 

Data Run Dates:

FY2018: IIDS v.1.34 run date 10/08/2018; ENFORCE Integrated Database (EID) as of 10/06/2018

FY2017: IIDS v.1.28 run date 10/09/2017; ENFORCE Integrated Database (EID) as of 10/07/2017

FY2016: IIDS v.1.22.1 run date 10/04/2016; ENFORCE Integrated Database (EID) as of 10/02/2016

Removals 

ICE Removals include removals and returns initiated by ICE and those initiated by other agencies in 

which aliens were turned over to ICE for repatriation efforts. Returns include Voluntary Returns, 

Voluntary Departures, and Withdrawals Under Docket Control. Any voluntary return recorded on or after 

June 1, 2013 without an ICE intake case is not recorded as an ICE removal. 

Removals data are historical and remain static. In FY2009, ICE began to “lock” removal statistics on 

October 5 at the end of each fiscal year, and counted only aliens whose removal or return was already 

confirmed. Aliens removed or returned in that fiscal year but not confirmed until after October 5 were 

excluded from the locked data, and thus from ICE statistics. To ensure an accurate and complete 

representation of all removals and returns, ICE will count removals and returns confirmed after October 5 

toward the next fiscal year. FY2016 removals, excluding FY2015 “lag,” were 235,524. The number of 

removals in FY2017, excluding the “lag” from FY2016, was 220,649. The number of removals in 

FY2018, excluding the “lag” from FY2017, was 252,405.
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Appendix B: FY2017 and FY2018 Removals by Country of Citizenship14

FY2017 and FY2018 ICE Removals by Country of Citizenship 

Country of Citizenship FY2017 FY2018 

MEXICO 128,765 141,045

GUATEMALA 33,570 50,390

HONDURAS 22,381 28,894

EL SALVADOR 18,838 15,445

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1,986 1,769

BRAZIL 1,413 1,691

ECUADOR 1,152 1,264

COLOMBIA 1,082 1,162

HAITI 5,578 934

NICARAGUA 832 879

JAMAICA 782 792

CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 525 726

INDIA 460 611

PERU 458 581

CUBA 160 463

ROMANIA 292 403

NIGERIA 312 369

CANADA 353 342

VENEZUELA 248 336

GHANA 305 243

PAKISTAN 177 235

SOMALIA 521 229

GUINEA 88 219

PHILIPPINES 182 217

SPAIN 172 209

UNITED KINGDOM 151 209

CHILE 129 166

COSTA RICA 151 162

BANGLADESH 203 147

GUYANA 137 142

KENYA 103 140

SAUDI ARABIA 139 135

ITALY 117 125

SENEGAL 197 125

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as additional information is discovered or verified. 
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FY2017 and FY2018 ICE Removals by Country of Citizenship 

Country of Citizenship FY2017 FY2018 

POLAND 120 123

SOUTH KOREA 113 122

VIETNAM 71 122

ARGENTINA 102 121

LIBERIA 107 113

GAMBIA 56 111

CAMBODIA 29 110

INDONESIA 68 110

RUSSIA 127 107

UKRAINE 86 105

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 128 104

BAHAMAS 95 101

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 110 99

ALBANIA 55 98

MAURITANIA 8 98

PORTUGAL 65 96

JORDAN 98 94

ISRAEL 81 93

BELIZE 82 91

EGYPT 57 85

FRANCE 82 85

TURKEY 93 85

IVORY COAST 13 82

BOLIVIA 76 81

HUNGARY 116 81

DEM REP OF THE CONGO 34 79

SIERRA LEONE 44 79

CAMEROON 58 72

GERMANY 75 72

CAPE VERDE 29 68

MALI 34 63

ERITREA 41 62

SOUTH SUDAN 2 61

PANAMA 69 59

MOROCCO 67 58

THAILAND 33 55

LEBANON 35 51

LITHUANIA 26 49
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FY2017 and FY2018 ICE Removals by Country of Citizenship 

Country of Citizenship FY2017 FY2018 

IRAQ 61 48

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 47 47

CZECH REPUBLIC 30 47

IRELAND 34 47

URUGUAY 38 47

NEPAL 45 45

SOUTH AFRICA 23 42

SUDAN 19 42

UNKNOWN 26 42

UZBEKISTAN 28 41

BURMA 10 40

NETHERLANDS 40 40

AUSTRALIA 22 39

MOLDOVA 34 38

ETHIOPIA 46 36

SRI LANKA 41 36

BURKINA FASO 31 35

MARSHALL ISLANDS 22 35

SLOVAKIA 20 35

BULGARIA 26 34

ANGOLA 7 32

KOREA 44 32

AFGHANISTAN 48 30

KAZAKHSTAN 14 30

SAMOA 13 30

SERBIA 18 30

JAPAN 13 28

MONGOLIA 23 28

ST. LUCIA 23 28

ARMENIA 24 27

TAIWAN 28 27

ANTIGUA-BARBUDA 19 24

NEW ZEALAND 16 24

TOGO 19 24

YEMEN 10 24

GREECE 20 22

IRAN 22 22

FIJI 13 21
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FY2017 and FY2018 ICE Removals by Country of Citizenship 

Country of Citizenship FY2017 FY2018 

TONGA 13 21

GEORGIA 22 20

DOMINICA 10 19

SURINAME 7 19

SWEDEN 19 19

TANZANIA 13 19

ZIMBABWE 12 19

CONGO 5 18

MACEDONIA 10 18

MONTENEGRO 9 18

ALGERIA 28 17

BARBADOS 19 17

BELGIUM 9 17

LATVIA 19 17

TUNISIA 7 16

HONG KONG 9 15

KYRGYZSTAN 17 15

ST. KITTS-NEVIS 16 15

AZERBAIJAN 8 14

BURUNDI 6 14

KOSOVO 10 14

CHAD 7 13

ESTONIA 12 13

ST. VINCENT-GRENADINES 10 13

UGANDA 11 13

CROATIA 5 12

ZAMBIA 10 12

KUWAIT 12 11

MALAYSIA 8 11

BELARUS 10 10

BENIN 8 10

GRENADA 15 9

PALAU 15 9

LAOS 5 8

LIBYA 9 8

TAJIKISTAN 9 8

AUSTRIA 7 7

NORWAY 4 7
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FY2017 and FY2018 ICE Removals by Country of Citizenship 

Country of Citizenship FY2017 FY2018 

SYRIA 2 7

GABON 3 6

PARAGUAY 5 6

SINGAPORE 4 6

BERMUDA 3 5

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2 5

GUINEA-BISSAU 4 5

NIGER 20 5

YUGOSLAVIA 4 5

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6 4

SWITZERLAND 5 4

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 4 4

CYPRUS 1 3

DJIBOUTI 1 3

FINLAND 3 3

MALAWI 4 3

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1 2

DENMARK 5 2

ICELAND 1 2

NAMIBIA 1 2

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2 2

QATAR 4 2

RWANDA 10 2

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 2 2

TURKMENISTAN 9 2

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 3 2

ARUBA 1 1

BAHRAIN 1 1

BHUTAN 0 1

BOTSWANA 3 1

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 3 1

GUADELOUPE 0 1

LESOTHO 0 1

MACAU 0 1

MADAGASCAR 1 1

MALDIVES 0 1

MONTSERRAT 0 1

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 1
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FY2017 and FY2018 ICE Removals by Country of Citizenship 

Country of Citizenship FY2017 FY2018 

SLOVENIA 1 1

ANDORRA 1 0

CAYMAN ISLANDS 2 0

FRENCH GUIANA 1 0

LUXEMBOURG 1 0

MAURITIUS 1 0

MOZAMBIQUE 2 0

OMAN 3 0

SAN MARINO 1 0

SWAZILAND 1 0

Total 226,119 256,085