Trump Ramps up Third-Country US Deportations
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Trump ramps up third-country US deportations
By Alia Chughtai and Umar FarooqOctober 15, 2026Official data shows tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have been sent to countries they have no ties to.United States immigration authorities have dramatically stepped up detentions and deportations since January 2025, when Donald Trump became president.Trump campaigned on a pledge to implement the “largest deportation operation in American history”. Officers with the Department of Ho…
How Donald Trump's Administration Uses African Countries to Expel Migrants Despite International Law
Of the 28,000 immigrants expelled from the United States between the beginning of 2025 and August 2026, more than 500 were sent to the African continent, according to data from the Deportation Data Project. Most of the time, they are not directly linked to African countries.
An investigation by The Guardian, The Washington Post and other media in an international project reveals details of how persecuted migrants in Iran or Sierra Leone are deported to third countries they do not know The U.S. Supreme allows the deportation of migrants to be resumed to countries other than their own while analyzing the substance of the matter Detainees were travelling handcuffed aboard the U.S. deportation plane and no one told them…
The Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 migrants to third countries, many without links to those destinations and despite risks recognized by courts.
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