ICE Deported 174 DACA Recipients Through Most of Last Year, Agency Head Says

From January through September 2025, ICE deported 174 Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who arrived as children and were enrolled in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — while they were actively renewing their protections from deportation, according to a letter from the ICE agency head. The figure comes as ICE has detained more than 260 DACA recipients since January 2025 and has paused DACA renewal processing in several regions despite court orders requiring it to continue.