The federal government removed 387,242 people in 2010, a two percent drop from 2009.
The report identifies 'dangerous drugs', 'immigration', and 'criminal traffic offenses' as the leading types of crimes for which removed individuals had been convicted.
This does not necessarily mean that these individuals were removed as a result of these convictions. DHS defines anyone who has been convicted of a crime as a "criminal alien" whether or not that conviction led to removal. (Dep’t of Homeland Security, Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2010 Annual Report at 1 n.3).
DHS reported that ICE detained 363,064 aliens during 2010. The leading countries of origin of those removed were Mexico (73 percent), Guatemala
(8 percent), Honduras (6 percent), and El Salvador
(5 percent).
In 2010, 476,405 aliens were allowed to return to their
home countries without an order of removal. Eighty-one percent of returns in 2010 involved Mexican or Canadian aliens.
See the report at http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/enforcement-ar-2010.pdf
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