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The Trump administration paid $40 million to deport 300 migrants to third countries, with over 80% later returned or in the process of returning, the Senate report found.
- On Friday, the Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee found the Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to third countries.
- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats say the practice has broadened over the last year from a rare tool into a sprawling, poorly monitored system, with the Trump administration expanding and institutionalizing it.
- The report details costly lump‑sum payments to five governments, including a $7.5 million Rwanda payment for fewer than ten nationals, and $4.76 million to El Salvador for about 250 deportees.
- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the administration to allow Venezuelan deportees to El Salvador to challenge their removal, as the report says more than eighty percent of migrants sent to third countries have already returned or are returning, and rights groups call for oversight.
- The report describes money and political leverage used to secure deals, including 15 concluded agreements and 10 at or near conclusion, with threats of tariffs and aid cuts, as the administration seeks to expand deportations.
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The Independent (US)Trump team has spent millions to send migrants to third nations: report
In some cases, the government has spent seven-figure sums to deport a single person, the report claims
Trump Deportations Cost Taxpayers Whopping $40 Million-Plus Last Year Per Scathing New Report From Dems
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Deportations under President Donald Trump’s administration cost taxpayers “upward of $40 million” last year alone, according to a scathing new report from congressional Democrats released on Friday. The 30-page report stems from a ten-month investigation by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), focusing on the administration’s use of third-country deportations, or…
Related research shows that the agreements the US president has made with third countries are costing taxpayers many millions of dollars.
More than US$ 32 million were sent directly to five countries: Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, El Salvador, Essuatíni and Palau
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