1.4 Million Illegal Immigrants in US Have Been Ordered Deported, but Have Yet to Be Removed: Official

There are around 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the United States who have been ordered deported by federal immigration judges, Fox News has learned.

Of those ordered to be brought back to their home countries, around 13,000 of them are being held in custody by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), a U.S. official said.

With only a few thousand in custody, many more are in the U.S. illegally despite orders to have them removed. Figures on how many are being held in local or state custody were not available.

The 1.4 million figure means that those ordered removed have had their immigration cases heard and decided. Some may still have appeal options available to them, the official said.

The figure also goes back many years, across multiple presidential administrations, and changes, as some illegal immigrants are ordered deported and others are removed from the country.

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