Red State·1 hour ago·Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:00 AM

The Essex Files: Record Deportations Show Enforcement Works, but More Is Needed

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported this week that it arrested and deported more people in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 than at any point in the agency’s 23-year history. The numbers are clear. ICE carried out 483,200 deportations, up 9 percent from the prior year’s previous high of 442,640 and up 78 percent from the 271,480 recorded in 2024.

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