(Note: this is the second in our series of in-depth reports on US border issues)
Migrant deportation flights from the United States reached their highest level last month since January 2020, when refugee advocate Thomas H. Cartwright first began compiling the statistics cited in this US Border News In-Depth Report.
In June 2025, there were 209 removal flights. The prior high was 193 during the September 2021 mass deportation of Haitians, with the next highest month at 153 in August 2023. The June numbers were 54% higher than the average for the prior six months.
Since President Trump’s second inauguration, deportation flights have totaled 829, up 12% over the same period in 2024 (President Biden’s last year in office).
The number of countries accepting deportation flights has also expanded to around 40 unique countries in June. The number of flights maintained the highest weekly level (11-14) reached in mid-May, ranging from 8-11 weekdays to 4-5 on weekends.
There were an average of 7 deportation flights per day in June 2025, compared to a prior 3-month average of 4.9 (up 43% per day), and 4.8 daily deportation flights in June 2024 (a 46% increase).
Total deportation flights in June reached an all-time 5+ year high of 209, compared to the 193 monthly removal flights during the Haitian mass deportation in September 2021. These numbers represent a 10% increase from the previous month. They were 54% above the prior 6-month average and 46% higher than June of the previous year.
June also saw one unusual flight worth noting: On June 3, 2025, a “Special High Risk Charter Flight” left Dallas to return 122 illegal aliens to China.
US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) says 96 men and 26 women, ranging in age from 19 to 68, were placed aboard the flight.
ICE says criminal aliens aboard the flight included:
A 47-year-old man convicted of murder.
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking.
A 27-year-old man convicted of rape.
A 55-year-old man convicted of human smuggling.
A 50-year-old woman convicted of bribery.
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Abrazos,
Jack Beavers
I am grateful to the new administration for sending ILLEGAL aliens out of the USA. 🇺🇸
No one way Helicopter flights over open waters??