60 Minutes Transcript: How some deportees end up in countries U.S. judges ruled off limits

Key Points:

• Nearly one million people were deported during the first 18 months of President Trump's second term, with about 25,000 sent to "third countries" where they may have no ties or language skills, raising legal and human rights concerns.
• Moussa Diawara, who lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record, was deported to Ghana despite a U.S. immigration judge ruling he could not be sent back to his home country, Mali, due to risk of persecution; Ghana then forcibly sent him to Mali.
• Investigations revealed many deportees sent to third countries like Ghana were quickly transferred against their will to countries where U.S. judges had ruled they face likely persecution or torture, raising questions about U.S. knowledge or complicity.
• The Department of Homeland Security defends third-country deportations as legal and necessary for public safety, particularly for individuals with criminal records, but critics argue the policy violates international law and denies due process.
• A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful for denying due process, but the Supreme Court allowed the practice to continue pending a December hearing; meanwhile, families of deportees like Diawara await their return.