Number of U.S. Deportations

Statistic Verification
Source: U.S. Immigrations Enforcement
Research Date: 6.18.2013
Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today the expulsion of foreign nationals is usually called deportation, whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation. Deportation is an ancient practice: Khosrau I, Sassanid King of Persia, deported 292,000 citizens, slaves, and conquered people to the new city of Ctesiphon in 542 C.E. Britain deported religious objectors and criminals to America in large numbers before 1776, and transported them to Australia between 1788 and 1868.
Year Number Deported
2012 409,849
2011 396,000
2010 400,000
2009 387,000
2008 358,000
2007 318,000
2006 280,000
2005 245,000
2004 240,000
2003 210,000
2002 165,000
2001 186,000
2000 185,000
1999 175,000
Deporation Purpose 2012 Number Percent
Convicted Criminals 225,390 55 %
Immigration Fugitives 10,423 3 %
Repeat Immigration Violators 86,405 21 %
Border Removal 69,957 17 %
Other Removable Aliens 17,674 4 %