Almost 24,000 undocumented immigrants in San Diego were deported during the 2016 fiscal year, a spokesperson U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Wednesday.
Of those deportees, 10,872 were convicted criminals while 12,857 were classified as non-criminal.
Only Phoenix reported more criminal deportations in the Western U.S.
Los Angeles reported 6,722 deportations while San Francisco reported 5,918,