WASHINGTON—Representing a 13 percent increase over last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed more than 256,000 aliens to their home countries in fiscal 2018, according to a report published Dec. 14.
ICE removals included both aliens arrested by ICE, and aliens who were apprehended by Customs and Border Protection and turned over for repatriation, according to the report. More than half (57 percent) came from ICE arrests of convicted criminals in the interior of the United States.
