USCIS reports 2.2 million immigration actions since January 2025, according to DHS
Washington — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has carried out nearly 2.2 million actions to revoke or terminate the immigration status of people without legal status since January 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported on October 29.
According to DHS, the actions include ending what it calls the misuse of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), denying applications to extend or change a nonimmigrant status when no legal basis exists, issuing Notices to Appear (NTAs) that place a person in removal proceedings before an immigration judge, ending the automatic extension of work permits, and terminating categorical parole programs, which are now reviewed case by case.
The department says the figure is nearly seven times higher than the total recorded in the previous administration's final two years combined. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the numbers reflect President Donald Trump's commitment to enforcing immigration laws and warned that those who abuse the immigration system are "on notice" that such violations will not be tolerated or overlooked.
The figure, however, is not equal to 2.2 million deportations. DHS itself notes that these actions are in addition to visa revocations and denials by the Department of State and removals carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to a September ICE report, that agency deported about 421,182 people between October 2025 and August 24, 2026, while the White House reported in early October that more than 300,000 visas had been revoked.
Much of the USCIS total comes from decisions affecting entire programs, not individual cases: as reported by The Daily Wire based on DHS data, TPS terminations alone cover more than one million people from 13 countries, and the end of parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) affected about 532,000 people who had received authorization to travel to the United States. Many of these decisions remain pending or in litigation in the courts.
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