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DHS Removals and Expulsions Reporting

The Department of Homeland Security's reporting on removals, returns, and expulsions, including the differences in categories and legal bases.

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Jan 28, 2026

How do DHS/OHSS and ICE define and differentiate 'removals', 'returns', and 'expulsions' across fiscal years?

/OHSS and use related but distinct categories——to count people who leave , and those labels matter because they carry different legal bases, penalties, and agency roles . OHSS aggregates DHS-wide “rep...