What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?
The Trump administration is deporting people to countries where they often have no connections. Composite: Guardian Design/AP/Reuters/Getty Images/ SOPA Images/REX/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe Trump administration is deporting people to countries where they often have no connections. It is being run out of the newly created Office of Remigration, a new section within the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
- ▪The Trump administration is deporting people to countries where they often have no connections.
- ▪Composite: Guardian Design/AP/Reuters/Getty Images/ SOPA Images/REX/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe Trump administration is deporting people to countries where they often have no connections.
- ▪It is being run out of the newly created Office of Remigration, a new section within the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
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The Trump administration is deporting people to countries where they often have no connections. Composite: Guardian Design/AP/Reuters/Getty Images/ SOPA Images/REX/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe Trump administration is deporting people to countries where they often have no connections. Composite: Guardian Design/AP/Reuters/Getty Images/ SOPA Images/REX/ShutterstockUS immigrationExplainerWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?Key questions answered about scheme that has sent more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their own Banished: Trump’s secret deportation deals Freedom oppressed: journalists caught up in Trump crackdown Louisa Loveluck and Alice SperiMon 21 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 21 Sep 2026 01.01 EDTSharePrefer the…
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