Trump converts refugee bureau into $410M deportation operation
Washington Post investigation reveals secret deals behind the administration's push to deport migrants to non-origin countries.
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What to know
- The Trump administration has repurposed a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
- The operation relies on secret deals to deport migrants to countries other than their origins
- The reporting reveals institutional restructuring to execute the administration's deportation agenda
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Washington Post reveals Trump's conversion of refugee bureau into deportation operation — The Washington Post published an investigation detailing how the Trump administration has transformed a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation powered by secret deals to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Africa: Inside the US System Deporting Migrants Through African Countries: [RFI] More than 25,000 people have been deported from the United States to third countries since Donald Trump returned to power - often to places they have no connection to and sometimes on another continent. Hundreds have been sent to Africa, where at least 12 countries…
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# Deportationproject What happens after people are deported from the United States and sent to countries they have no ties? "In response to mounting pressure on journalists covering US immigration and deportation policies, we teamed up with 72 journalists from 26 media organizations across 15 countries to uncover the Trump administration's secret…
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The Washington Post reports that Moldova has been one of the destinations for Trump's deportations, but has asked that the informal agreement be paused. Screenshot from here (washingtonpost.com/politics/int...). MD authorities said on Sep. 11 that they already took in 31 foreign citizens...
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Insane. $410 million. “At the behest of Stephen Miller, the Trump administration has agreed to pay at least $410 million to facilitate its so-called ‘third-country deportations’ for immigrants.” https:// newrepublic.com/post/215679/do nald-trump-sends-millions-authoritarian-leaders-deportations # Trump
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Russia and Ukraine are not among at least 35 countries that reportedly agreed to accept third-country deportees from the U.S. Russian nationals have been sent to Costa Rica, Panama, the Central African Republic, and Moldova, Forbidden Stories reports. https:// meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/21/t…
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Trump Turned Refugee Bureau Into Deportation Operation https:// politicalwire.com/2026/09/21/t rump-turned-refugee-bureau-into-deportation-operation/?ap=m
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Beyond the pale:🚨The # TrumpRegime has authorized or pledged at least🚨$410M to facilitate agreements with 31 countries, mostly in Africa & Latin America, as of the end of June, acc to internal govt records reviewed by The WP. Docs *not been previously reported, provide the most comprehensive picture to date of the regime’s🚨fast-growing…
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Blockbuster @washingtonpost.com reporting by @davidnakamura.bsky.social and @mradamtaylor.bsky.social --
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Internal documents reviewed by the Washington Post reveal the Trump administration has authorized or pledged at least $410M across 31 countries to expand its third-country deportation network. The new "Office of Remigration" has deported at least 25,000 individuals to 28 third
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⚡ NEWS Investigation Reveals Secretive US Migrant Deportations to Africa and Latin America A 72-journalist investigation uncovers that the Trump administration has deported thousands of migrants to countries they had never visited, including across Africa and Latin America, under secretive bilateral deals. Of 25,000 documented cases, most were…
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# GiftLink "What the Trump administration wanted “was fast money, with no strings attached,” said one former official who left the State Department over objections to the policy. “**The whole point was to circumvent [congressional] notification that money was being sent to a government known to be corrupt.**” How Trump turned a refugee bureau into…
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⚡ NEWS Investigation Reveals Secret US-Africa Migrant Deportation Deals An international investigation by a consortium including FRANCE 24 and RFI uncovered secret agreements between the Trump administration and several African nations. These 'third countries' agreed to host undocumented migrants detained by ICE and deported... 📰 https://www…
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Monday. An investigative journalism report. Inside the Trump administration secret deals to expel persons worldwide. https://www. france24.com/en/video/20260920 -the-deportation-project-inside-the-trump-administration-s-secret-deals-to-expel-people-worldwide