Trump Administration Deports 25,000 Migrants to Third Countries, Backed by 30 International Deals
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 1
Trump Administration Deports 25,000 Migrants to Third Countries, Backed by 30 International Deals
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 1
Summary
Advocacy groups estimate the Trump administration has deported about 25,000 migrants to countries other than their own over the past year, an unprecedented expansion of third-country removals.
30 international agreements brokered by Secretary of State Marco Rubio helped enable the policy, which the administration uses when home-country deportation is blocked by diplomatic, legal or practical barriers.
South Sudan and Eswatini have already received convicted offenders under the program, including people convicted of murder, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping, according to the report.
Federal courts have upheld third-country deportation as lawful, though a Massachusetts ruling requires notice protections under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in December.
The policy marks a sharp break from past practice, when such detainees were often released in the United States if removal to their home countries could not be carried out.