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Tiny US Office Strikes Secret Deals to Push Deportations
Newser • • general
Key Points:
- The Trump administration's State Department Office of Remigration has become central to a global deportation program that sends migrants to countries they have never lived in, including some with poor human rights records.
- Internal documents reveal at least $410 million allocated to agreements with 31 countries, mainly in Africa and Latin America, to accept migrants who are not their citizens.
- This policy marks a significant shift from the US's traditional refugee resettlement approach, focusing instead on expelling migrants, driven by Trump aide Stephen Miller and senior official Andrew Veprek.
- Over 25,000 migrants have been deported to at least 28 countries under this program, despite a federal appeals court ruling the policy unlawful.
- Critics argue the "third country" deportation deals bypass human rights protections and divert refugee aid funds to support deportations.
