Thousands of Venezuelan migrants are doing just what U.S. leaders want them to. But to get home, they face as many dangers as on the journey north.
Category: Deportation
Trump Confirms Attempted Deportation of Migrants to South Sudan
The deportees are stuck in Djibouti amid a legal fight over their expulsions. A lawyer for some of the men said she was concerned for their health and welfare.
Judge Finds Trump Administration Violated Court Order With Deportation Flight to South Sudan
Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the flight said it had landed for the time being in Djibouti.
Official Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump
An assessment contradicted a presidential proclamation. A political appointee demanded a redo, then pushed for changes to the new analysis, too.
U.S. Bill Named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh Aims to Shield Asylum Seekers
A lawmaker is introducing a bill named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert, that seeks to stop the expedited removal of people fleeing countries that persecute religious minorities.
India Is Accused of Inhumane Deportation of Rohingya Refugees
The allegations, which include being pushed into the sea off Myanmar with only life jackets, have prompted a call from the United Nations for an investigation.
Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang
The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law.
US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees
Besides El Salvador, where the United States have already sent detainees, Rwanda and Libya have records of mistreating migrant detainees.
Trump Welcomes White South African Refugees as He Shuts Out Afghans and Others
The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.
El Salvador Put Trump Deportees Behind Bars. Now Their Families Are Suing.
A lawsuit filed with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights seeks the release of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States and jailed in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Libya’s Rival Governments Both Deny Deal to Take Deported U.S. Migrants
U.S. officials have said the Trump administration plans to send immigrants to the divided country on military flights as soon as this week.
4 Lessons for Trump From the UK’s Failed Rwanda Migrant Deportation Deal
The United States is said to be in talks with the African country about taking in expelled migrants. There may be lessons in London’s experience.
Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight
Human rights groups have called conditions in the country’s network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”
Guantánamo Migrant Operation Has Held Fewer Than 500 Detainees, and None in Tents
The three-month-old operation never expanded to fulfill President Trump’s vision of housing 30,000 at the offshore U.S. base.
Lost in the ‘Death Realm’ of El Salvador’s Prisons
President Trump’s decision to send migrants to a Salvadoran prison has set off a national debate in the U.S. In El Salvador, the phenomenon of men disappearing into prisons is all too familiar.
Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison
New details deepen questions about the deportations, showing that El Salvador’s president pressed for assurances that the migrants were really members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
5 Takeaways: Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Migrants to El Salvador
Internal documents and interviews with people familiar with the operation reveal how the White House seized on a wartime law to accelerate immigrant deportations.
Why Nigel Farage is Bringing MAGA-Style Rallies to the UK
Nigel Farage, a right-wing populist ally of President Trump, has been touring England ahead of local elections, hoping to convert a polling surge for his party into power.
Families Are Split as Pakistan Deports Thousands of Afghan Refugees
Many undocumented Afghan migrants have Pakistani spouses and have lived in the country for years. Nevertheless, the government says they must leave.
A Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter?
The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.
