ICE Deportations:
Gender, Age, and Country of Citizenship

Case-by-case records on deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during FY 2012 and FY 2013 provide a more complete portrait of the demographic composition of recent deportees. These results are based upon analyses of ICE records recently obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University through TRAC's requests to ICE under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)[1].

Gender

Over nine out of ten ICE deportees were male. However, their numbers dropped by 11 percent between FY 2012 and FY 2013, while female deportees saw a small increase in their numbers. Specific figures are found in Table 1.

Table 1. ICE Deportations by Gender, FY 2012 — FY 2013
Gender Number Percent
FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2012 FY 2013
All 409,849 368,644 100% 100%
Female 24,818 24,870 6% 7%
Male 384,937 343,691 94% 93%
Unknown 95 83 0% 0%

Age

The typical individual deported by ICE is relatively young, with a median age of 30. Just under half are between 15 and 29 years old. But ICE records indicate that the age ranges from infants to individuals in their nineties[2]. As shown in Table 2, there has been little change in the age distribution between FY 2012 and FY 2013.

Table 2. ICE Deportations by Age, FY 2012 — FY 2013
Age Number Percent
FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2012 FY 2013
All 409,849 368,644  
Age Provided 326,434 368,607 100% 100%
0-4 50 44 0% 0%
5-9 52 62 0% 0%
10-14 311 207 0% 0%
15-19 17,651 19,502 5% 5%
20-24 68,256 74,256 21% 20%
25-29 73,622 80,717 23% 22%
30-39 108,494 124,297 33% 34%
40-49 45,090 53,577 14% 15%
50-59 11,147 13,786 3% 4%
60-69 1,588 1,982 0% 1%
70+ 172 177 0% 0%

Country of Citizenship

Citizens of Mexico continue to be the largest group of ICE deportees, but their numbers declined by 15 percent between FY 2012 and FY 2013. They now make up slightly less than two thirds (65.5 percent) of all ICE deportees.

The country with the second largest contingent of ICE deportees was Guatemala; ICE deported 9.5 percent more individuals from Guatemala in FY 2013 than it did the year before. In third place was Honduras, which saw a slight (1.4 percent) decline.

Table 3. Top 25 Countries of Citizenship for ICE Deportations in FY 2013
Rank Country of
Citizenship		 Number Percent Percent Change
(FY 2013
vs FY 2012)
FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2012 FY 2013
All 409,849 368,644 100.0% 100.0% -10.1%
1 MEXICO 284,924 241,493 69.5% 65.5% -15.2%
2 GUATEMALA 43,627 47,769 10.6% 13.0% 9.5%
3 HONDURAS 37,577 37,049 9.2% 10.1% -1.4%
4 EL SALVADOR 21,714 21,602 5.3% 5.9% -0.5%
5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2,969 2,462 0.7% 0.7% -17.1%
6 ECUADOR 1,883 1,616 0.5% 0.4% -14.2%
7 BRAZIL 1,857 1,500 0.5% 0.4% -19.2%
8 COLOMBIA 1,557 1,429 0.4% 0.4% -8.2%
9 NICARAGUA 1,409 1,383 0.3% 0.4% -1.8%
10 JAMAICA 1,234 1,119 0.3% 0.3% -9.3%
11 CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 512 815 0.1% 0.2% 59.2%
12 PERU 698 714 0.2% 0.2% 2.3%
13 CANADA 580 646 0.1% 0.2% 11.4%
14 HAITI 524 555 0.1% 0.2% 5.9%
15 INDIA 413 410 0.1% 0.1% -0.7%
16 PHILIPPINES 420 392 0.1% 0.1% -6.7%
17 COSTA RICA 361 291 0.1% 0.1% -19.4%
18 NIGERIA 238 255 0.1% 0.1% 7.1%
19 UNITED KINGDOM 311 254 0.1% 0.1% -18.3%
20 SOUTH KOREA 198 225 0.0% 0.1% 13.6%
21 POLAND 321 210 0.1% 0.1% -34.6%
22 ROMANIA 156 210 0.0% 0.1% 34.6%
23 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 186 196 0.0% 0.1% 5.4%
24 VENEZUELA 212 184 0.1% 0.0% -13.2%
25 GUYANA 151 176 0.0% 0.0% 16.6%
ALL OTHER 5,817 5,689 1.4% 1.5% -2.2%

Because ICE deportations dropped 10 percent — from 409,849 in FY 2012 down to 368,644 in FY 2013 — most countries saw declines. Among the top ten nationalities, three other countries besides Mexico also experienced above average declines. The number of deportees from the Dominican Republic declined by 17 percent, the number from Ecuador fell by 14 percent and the number from Brazil dropped by 19 percent.

While increases were the exception, some countries besides Guatemala did see their deportation numbers rise. For example, the count of deportees from China was 59 percent higher last year than in the previous year; the number of Canadian deportees grew by 11 percent; and the number of Haitian deportees were up by 6 percent.

Details for all countries are shown in Table 4 below. This listing is sorted in alphabetical order by country. By clicking on the column headings you can re-sort entries by any column.

Table 4. ICE Deportations by Country of Citizenship, FY 2012 — FY 2013
(Click column header to sort, click table title to open in new window)
Country of Citizenship FY 2012 FY 2013
(All) 409,849 368,644
AFGHANISTAN 5 16
ALBANIA 106 58
ALGERIA 14 7
ANGOLA 5 10
ANGUILLA 0 4
ANTIGUA-BARBUDA 31 24
ARGENTINA 179 136
ARMENIA 42 41
ARUBA 0 2
AUSTRALIA 24 46
AUSTRIA 12 12
AZERBAIJAN 0 9
BAHAMAS 85 113
BAHRAIN 5 1
BANGLADESH 35 71
BARBADOS 45 30
BELARUS 38 15
BELGIUM 12 19
BELIZE 165 170
BENIN 9 5
BERMUDA 5 19
BOLIVIA 160 129
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 54 78
BOTSWANA 5 2
BRAZIL 1,857 1,500
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 9 5
BULGARIA 40 41
BURKINA FASO 12 7
BURMA 0 9
CAMBODIA 71 21
CAMEROON 54 38
CANADA 580 646
CAPE VERDE 14 7
CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 5
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2 0
CHILE 92 89
CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 512 815
COLOMBIA 1,557 1,429
CONGO 7 6
COSTA RICA 361 291
CROATIA 19 10
CUBA 64 39
CYPRUS 2 1
CZECH REPUBLIC 42 39
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 12 9
DEM REP OF THE CONGO 12 19
DENMARK 21 5
DJIBOUTI 5 1
DOMINICA 31 23
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2,969 2,462
ECUADOR 1,883 1,616
EGYPT 92 68
EL SALVADOR 21,714 21,602
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2 1
ERITREA 2 2
ESTONIA 21 15
ETHIOPIA 24 58
FIJI 26 26
FINLAND 5 10
FRANCE 116 85
GABON 12 1
GAMBIA 17 18
GEORGIA 31 36
GERMANY 123 100
GHANA 139 111
GREECE 28 30
GRENADA 19 13
GUADELOUPE 0 2
GUATEMALA 43,627 47,769
GUINEA 14 13
GUYANA 151 176
HAITI 524 555
HONDURAS 37,577 37,049
HONG KONG 28 17
HUNGARY 80 71
ICELAND 2 4
INDIA 413 410
INDONESIA 137 128
IRAN 40 33
IRAQ 33 26
IRELAND 52 57
ISRAEL 66 112
ITALY 118 126
IVORY COAST 14 23
JAMAICA 1,234 1,119
JAPAN 52 43
JORDAN 68 71
KAZAKHSTAN 42 33
KENYA 151 152
KIRIBATI 2 1
KOREA 106 80
KOSOVO 33 29
KUWAIT 7 7
KYRGYZSTAN 2 12
LAOS 14 10
LATVIA 19 43
LEBANON 68 49
LIBERIA 19 41
LIBYA 9 5
LITHUANIA 45 46
MACEDONIA 26 24
MALAWI 7 2
MALAYSIA 28 19
MALI 12 5
MARSHALL ISLANDS 19 26
MAURITANIA 2 2
MAURITIUS 0 1
MEXICO 284,924 241,493
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STAT 0 12
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 71 78
MOLDOVA 50 49
MONGOLIA 33 43
MONTENEGRO 14 16
MONTSERRAT 0 5
MOROCCO 61 47
MOZAMBIQUE 0 1
NAMIBIA 5 1
NEPAL 21 47
NETHERLANDS 31 38
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2 4
NEW ZEALAND 19 24
NICARAGUA 1,409 1,383
NIGER 2 12
NIGERIA 238 255
NORWAY 7 5
PAKISTAN 118 152
PALAU 17 17
PANAMA 118 122
PARAGUAY 12 12
PERU 698 714
PHILIPPINES 420 392
POLAND 321 210
PORTUGAL 151 91
QATAR 0 1
ROMANIA 156 210
RUSSIA 153 153
RWANDA 2 4
SAMOA 12 9
SAUDI ARABIA 90 105
SENEGAL 33 44
SERBIA 19 15
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 12 2
SIERRA LEONE 21 16
SINGAPORE 5 5
SLOVAKIA 19 23
SLOVENIA 7 4
SOMALIA 31 44
SOUTH AFRICA 61 38
SOUTH KOREA 198 225
SOUTH SUDAN 0 29
SPAIN 137 111
SRI LANKA 73 75
ST. KITTS-NEVIS 42 19
ST. LUCIA 21 21
ST. VINCENT-GRENADINES 40 28
STATELESS 0 5
SUDAN 9 24
SURINAME 7 15
SWEDEN 33 22
SWITZERLAND 19 10
SYRIA 19 16
TAIWAN 31 32
TAJIKISTAN 9 17
TANZANIA 12 27
THAILAND 50 85
TOGO 14 7
TONGA 31 22
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 186 196
TUNISIA 12 16
TURKEY 106 120
TURKMENISTAN 5 4
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 12 5
TUVALU 0 1
UGANDA 14 22
UKRAINE 165 141
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 5 0
UNITED KINGDOM 311 254
UNITED STATES 0 1
URUGUAY 85 77
USSR 0 2
UZBEKISTAN 21 44
VENEZUELA 212 184
VIETNAM 38 69
YEMEN 38 18
YUGOSLAVIA 7 9
ZAMBIA 14 13
ZIMBABWE 5 18
UNKNOWN 24 50

Footnotes

[1] TRAC has requested case-by-case deportation records from ICE for FY 2005 to date in a series of continuing Freedom of Information requests. ICE however claimed that it was only able to locate case-by-case records for less than 10 percent of the number of its published figures on deportations up to and including FY 2011. For FY 2012 and FY 2013, TRAC has received case-by-case deportation data from ICE on a monthly basis. There were, however, some months missing from the data ICE has thus far released. These months were estimated to bring the total numbers up to ICE reported fiscal year counts in these two years. For FY 2012, these estimates were based upon April, May, June, August, and September records — and thus to the extent of differences between the first and second half of FY 2012, TRAC's estimates reflect patterns for the second half of that fiscal year. For FY 2013, data for eleven out of the twelve months have been received so only June data needed to be estimated. Estimates were derived under the assumption that its makeup was the same as observed during the other eleven months.

[2] The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) — an office of the Administration for Children & Families in the Department of Health and Human Services — is responsible for housing unaccompanied minors. Deportees under 18 may therefore be under-represented in these tables, since it is ORR and not ICE which has custody of such individuals when they are arrested and detained for illegal entry and other immigration violations. As a result, they may not end up in ICE deportation statistics.