On November 18, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that it has removed or returned more individuals in FY 2024 than any year since FY 2010. From the implementation of President Biden’s Proclamation on June 4, 2024 (which temporarily suspended the entry of certain noncitizens across the southern border), through the end of October 2024, DHS has operated more than 640 international repatriation flights to more than 155 countries, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, Uzbekistan, and India. Efforts to expand removal flights continue, the agency said, noting that there has also been a more than 55 percent decrease in “Border Patrol encounters” since the proclamation was issued.
Meanwhile, DHS announced that on November 16, 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the third large-frame charter removal flight in less than six months to the PRC of Chinese