The U.S. has deported a record number of migrants, including 572 citizens from Uzbekistan.

From September 2023 to September 2024, a total of 572 individuals were deported from the United States to Uzbekistan. This data is included in a report by the U.S. government. Overall, during this period, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 271,484 people to 192 countries, marking the highest figure in the last decade.

The increase in deportations is attributed to a rise in the number of flights, including weekend departures, and the streamlining of procedures for returning migrants to countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. For the first time in six years, a flight was conducted to China, and deportations were also organized to Albania, Egypt, Georgia, India, Romania, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries.

This figure is nearly double the number of deportations for the same period a year earlier, when 142,580 individuals were expelled. The peak for the decade was recorded in 2014, with 315,943 people deported. During Donald Trump's first term in the White House, the maximum number of deportations reached 267,258 in 2019.

The ICE report emphasizes that mass deportations, along with other aspects of immigration policy, pose a significant financial and organizational challenge for the elected president Donald Trump, who promises to intensify measures against illegal immigration.

The same report noted that in November 2024, there were 46,612 instances of illegal border crossings from Mexico, which is 18% lower than in October and more than 80% lower than in December 2023, when a record high of 250,000 cases was registered.

The decline in violations is attributed to the tightening of immigration policy in Mexico a year ago and the restrictions on asylum provision implemented by the Biden administration in June. The November figure was the lowest since July 2020.

Thus, the data highlight the increasing control over migration in the U.S., which, according to experts, may become even stricter with the arrival of the new administration.