The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has since November 2024 began the implementation of the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), two full months before President Donald Trump was officially sworn in on January 20, 2025.
He gave the marching order with one of his executive orders from day one in office.
The ICE has released the full list of the affected non- citizens and provide the data broken down by nationality and categories of reasons that make it difficult to remove to specific countries (e.g., withholdings and convention against torture protections)
ICE Says that as of November 24, 2024, there are 1,445,549 noncitizens on ICE’s non-detained docket with final orders of removal.
Please see the following chart for a breakdown by country of citizenship:
Noncitizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship
Citizenship Country Totals
Afghanistan 1,708
Albania 1,874
Algeria 306
Angola 662
Antigua-Barbuda 110
Argentina 1,148
Armenia 2,808
Aruba 2
Australia 261
Austria 60
Azerbaijan 709
Bahamas 426
Bahrain 17
Bangladesh 4,837
Barbados 151
Belarus 323
Belgium 46
Belize 899
Benin 102
Bermuda 10
Bhutan 122
Bolivia 1,366
Bosnia-Herzegovina 166
Botswana 12
Brazil 38,677
British Virgin Islands 5
Brunei 4
Bulgaria 727
Burkina Faso 303
Burma 679
Burundi 462
Cambodia 1,747
Cameroon 1,736
Canada 1,290
Cape Verde 314
Cayman Islands 2
Central African Republic 82
Chad 169
Chile 1,137
China, Peoples Republic of 37,908
Colombia 27,388
Comoros 3
Congo 795
Costa Rica 2,116
Croatia 126
Cuba 42,084
Cyprus 14
Czech Republic 100
Czechoslovakia 254
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,068
Denmark 45
Djibouti 29
Dominica 104
Dominican Republic 12,699
Ecuador 31,252
Egypt 1,461
El Salvador 203,822
Equatorial Guinea 20
Eritrea 973
Estonia 94
Eswatini 6
Ethiopia 1,713
Fiji 35
Finland 22
France 402
French Guiana 6
French Polynesia 2
Gabon 60
Gambia 1,035
Georgia 833
Germany 571
Ghana 3,228
Greece 211
Grenada 149
Guadeloupe 12
Guatemala 253,413
Guinea 1,897
Guinea-Bissau 48
Guyana 1,236
Haiti 32,363
Honduras 261,651
Hong Kong 122
Hungary 294
Iceland 5
India 17,940
Indonesia 4,276
Iran 2,618
Iraq 1,299
Ireland 171
Israel 1,148
Italy 355
Ivory Coast 1,224
Jamaica 5,120
Japan 281
Jordan 1,660
Kazakhstan 369
Kenya 1,282
Kiribati 3
Korea 1,229
Kosovo 118
Kuwait 146
Kyrgyzstan
Laos 4,850
Latvia 125
Lebanon 1,055
Lesotho 11
Liberia 1,563
Libya 89
Liechtenstein 1
Lithuania 259
Macau 2
Madagascar 5
Malawi 56
Malaysia 435
Mali 929
Malta 8
Marshall Islands 39
Mauritania 3,822
Mauritius 15
Mexico 252,044
Micronesia, Federated States of 72
Moldova 279
Monaco 1
Mongolia 461
Montenegro 68
Montserrat 8
Morocco 495
Mozambique 14
Namibia 19
Nepal 1,365
Netherlands 184
Netherlands Antilles 6
New Zealand 166
Nicaragua 45,995
Niger 642
Nigeria 3,690
North Korea 3
North Macedonia 341
Norway 39
Oman 6
Pakistan 7,760
Palau 8
Panama 662
Papua New Guinea 6
Paraguay 197
Peru 13,769
Philippines 3,772
Poland 2,303
Portugal 360
Qatar 10
Romania 4,445
Russia 3,518
Rwanda 338
Samoa 57
San Marino 2
Sao Tome and Principe 2
Saudi Arabia 337
Senegal 1,689
Serbia 50
Serbia and Montenegro 64
Seychelles 4
Sierra Leone 1,563
Singapore 111
Slovakia 131
Slovenia 16
Solomon Islands 3
Somalia 4,090
South Africa 379
South Korea 837
South Sudan 136
Spain 364
Sri Lanka 3,065
St. Kitts-Nevis 68
St. Lucia 202
St. Pierre and Miquelon 1
St. Vincent-Grenadines 127
Sudan 1,012
Suriname 137
Sweden 120
Switzerland 60
Syria 741
Taiwan 392
Tajikistan 149
Tanzania 301
Thailand 619
Togo 427
Tonga 151
Trinidad and Tobago 1,197
Tunisia 160
Türkiye 3,103
Turkmenistan 40
Turks and Caicos Islands 25
Tuvalu 1
Uganda 393
Ukraine 1,862
United Arab Emirates 21
United Kingdom 1,157
Unknown 1,451
Uruguay 365
USSR 337
Uzbekistan 975
Vanuatu 1
Venezuela 22,749
Vietnam 8,675
Yemen 558
Yugoslavia 845
Zambia 174
Zimbabwe 545
Total 1,445,549
ICE is unable to provide a list of case-specific reasons why the agency is unable to remove certain noncitizens on the non-detained docket with final orders.
There are several reasons why ICE is unable to effectuate removals.
Under Title 8 of the U.S. Code, ICE may remove noncitizens from the United States who are subject to final orders of removal issued by an immigration judge or other lawful orders, including those processed under expedited removal who either have not claimed a fear of return or received a negative credible fear determination affirmed by an immigration judge.
However, this does not guarantee every person seeking to remain in the United States will be able to do so.
There are several reasons ICE may not be able to effectuate the removal of a
non-citizen with a final order of removal
Noncitizens may pursue a form of relief or protection from removal, which may include asylum,0F
1 withholding of removal,1F
2 or protection under the Convention Against Torture.2F
3 If a non-citizen is granted any form of relief from removal, ICE is unable to effectuate the removal.
Additionally, ICE works to remove undocumented noncitizens from the United States once they are subject to final orders of removal in a timely manner.
The U.S. Government believes every country is obligated to accept the return of its citizens and nationals who
are ineligible to remain in the United States.
Lack of cooperation from the foreign
government delays and, in many cases, inhibits the removal process. The U.S.
Government requests foreign governments take appropriate steps to confirm the citizenship of non-citizens suspected to be their nationals, which include conducting interviews, issuing travel documents in a timely manner, and accepting the physical return of their nationals by scheduled commercial or charter flights consistent with ICE
and/or foreign government removal guidelines.
Lack of cooperation from countries in
accepting the return of their nationals may lead to ICE classifying those countries as uncooperative or at-risk of non-compliance.3F
4 Currently, ICE considers 15 countries to be uncooperative: Bhutan, Burma, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Laos, Pakistan, People’s Republic of China, Russia, Somalia, and Venezuela.
ICE considers 11 countries to be at risk of non-compliance:
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Gabon, Gambia, Iraq, Jamaica,
Nicaragua, South Sudan, St. Lucia, and Vietnam.
