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What’s currently happening at the U.S.-Mexico border?
June 2026
Click here to read an accurately represented, current report about migration dynamics and conditions at the border.
Deportations
The trend in deportations from the U.S. has been increasing since 2025. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as of early January 2026, the U.S. government has reported over 605,000 formal deportations since the new administration (January 2025). An additional 1.9 million individuals have reportedly “self-deported” during that same period, which brings a total number of individuals who have left the U.S. to over 2.5 million.
Detentions under the Current Administration
- ICE detained 277,913 people in 2024,and 66,886 people in 2025.
- ICE deported 271,484 people in 2024, and 71,405 people in 2025, including 17,157 with a Criminal Conviction, 6,369 with Pending Criminal Charges, and 47,879 considered “other immigration violators”.
Source: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Statistics | ICE
This administration has appropriated more money for immigration enforcement, which includes detention within the U.S. Earlier this year, there were around 39,000 detainees under ICE detention, but those numbers have increased exponentially over the past months.
According to the Cato Institute (November, 2025), ICE has recorded the following starting the new fiscal year (October, 2025):
- 73% of the people under ICE custody had NO criminal conviction
- Nearly half of the population under ICE custody had NO criminal conviction or any pending criminal charges
- 8% had a violent or property criminal conviction
- ONLY 5% had a criminal conviction
Sources:
Immigration Detention in the United States by Agency
Cato Institute: ICE Detentions Data
Current conditions inside Camp East Montana (as of April 2026):
According to a new report done by ICE, there had already been 60 violations at this new detention center in Fort Bliss. These violations include a lack of proper medical attention to detainees dealing with certain medical conditions; a lack of proper and basic procedures to keep both guards and detainees safe; and detainees were not able to contact their lawyers for weeks.
The population of this facility has declined in the past months; as of March 2026, Camp East Montana contains approximately 1,500 individuals (The Washington Post).
In 2026, at least 12 people had died under ICE custody, all across the U.S. (Reuters). And as of March 2026, at least three people have died at Camp East Montana, one of whom was ruled a homicide by the El Paso Medical Examiner’s Office (Texas Tribune).
Currently, ICE is the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency, sitting at a $77 billion USD budget, which is expected to increase in the next few months. The House of Representatives has already passed the bill that would increase its funding, and it is now in the Senate, where it could still be blocked. If you want to prevent the increase, call your senators and urge them to oppose any increase to ICE’s budget.