Trump's secret deportation deals with alien lands
The gist
An investigation found the US deported over 25,000 people under secretive deals with 35 countries.
Migrants are sent to places where they have no ties or rights.
How it unfolded
- Jan 2025Donald Trump took office as US President; Washington began signing deals with developing countries to take migrants who cannot legally be sent home.
- May 2025The Office of Remigration, a little-known State Department division, was created.
- Nov 2025Christian Jové Ehrhardt, a 41-year-old diplomat, traveled to Cameroon on his second trip as head of the Office of Remigration.