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Title 42 Expulsions 2023

Title 42 expulsions ended on May 12, 2023, and Title 8 procedures resumed at the border, affecting ICE's removal counts.

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Jan 27, 2026
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How did Title 42 expulsions change ICE deportation and encounter statistics between 2020 and 2024?

— a public‑health authority used from March 21, 2020, through May 11, 2023 — shifted large volumes of border encounters out of traditional immigration courts and into rapid expulsions, reducing remova...

Jan 11, 2026

How did ICE change its removals-counting methodology in July 2023 and what effect did that have on historical totals?

ICE adopted a new internal rule in July 2023 that changed which movements it classifies as “ICE Removals,” applied that rule retroactively to May 12, 2023, and as a result modestly increased the agenc...